Circana, which was previously called the NPD Group, has revealed that in their extensive PlayerPulse survey that 47& of gamers in the United States are female and that 52% of those surveyed own a Nintendo Switch system. This is great news and shows just how far gaming has come for inclusivity. You may remember Nintendo’s famous Blue Ocean Strategy for the Wii which was all about opening up the player base back in 2006. Here’s more information about this along with a link.
“Nintendo languished in last place during the console wars of the early 2000s, with game industry analysts suggesting that the Kyoto-based firm exit the gaming console market altogether. Instead, Nintendo used Blue Ocean Strategy to redefine market boundaries, creating the best-selling video-game console ever, the Nintendo Wii. Targeting noncustomers, the Wii outsold Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox combined, until the market was disrupted by smartphones and tablets. Mobile technology targeted the same noncustomers, offering easy-to-understand games and controls, and Wii sales suffered. Nintendo initially responded by introducing a tablet-like console, the Wii U, a poor copy of the tablet experience that was a dismal failure. Stepping back, Nintendo again used Blue Ocean Strategy to “value innovate” with the Nintendo Switch, the only console to outpace the Wii in sales, and by moving into adjacent markets, working with businesses in which it held a minority stake to release the wildly popular Pokémon Go and other mobile games”
https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/teaching-materials/nintendo-switch/
