Nintendo Confirms New Console In 2005

GweeDo writes "It is official. Nintendo will be releasing their next console right along side Sony's PS3 in 2005. The news was released here by cube.ign.com. They also went on to say that Retro Studies is working on a Prequel to Metroid Prime. The best quote to all you people that said Nintendo was leaving the console market is this: 'Iwata emphasized Nintendo's plans to stick in the console industry by saying, "When we withdraw from the home game console, that's when we withdraw from the video game business."'"

Comments

Repeat Repeat

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

"And people forget that Mortal Kombat II shipped with all the original arcade content intact."

That's exactly what I said. Perhaps you'd like to reply to all my posts and repeating everything I say? It'll be good for morale.

From the article...

[Jace of Fuse!]

"Consumers today apparently don't want to sit in front of the television to play games for hours and hours."

Actually, the article says that this quote from Nintendo isn't accurate because there are so many people with PS2's, when the article I believe is misunderstanding Nitnendo.

See, most PS2 gamers are very casual gamers. The majority of the PS2 titles really suck. Casual gamers don't hold a game up to as high a standard as hardcore gamers. They WILL buy the latest movie liscense, or that Britney Spears Dance Beat shitheap of a game. While there are many very excelleng games for the PS2, oddly enough they aren't the games casual gamers play, except maybe Grant Theft Auto 3/VC which is selling to both the casual and hardcore.

A hardcore gamer will most likely have both a Gamecube and a PS2. In some cases a Gamecube and an XBox, and no PS2. The real fanatics have all three. :D

Still, what I've noticed about hardcore gamers, is that they WANT complexity and difficulty. They want depth, and freedom. There are games on every platform for the hardcore gamer, but when it comes to games that the unskilled, unwashed, untalented casual gamer wants, the largest number appear on the Playstation. The Playstation IS the video game equivilant of "pop-culture". The video game industry, because of the Playstation, is starting to mimick the music and movie industry.

The point Nintendo was making that the article seemed to miss was that gamers now days DON'T want the complexity, difficulty, and depth that Nitnendo's first part games tend to have.

I just hope this doesn't mean Nintendo is going to give up their "Quality vs. Quantity" policy, and start releasing huge piles of crap.

If you love good games but have refrained from getting a Gamecube beause you already have a PS2, you are denying yourself some really wonderful gems. I can honestly say I've enjoyed almost all of the Nintendo first party titles. Yet, with few exceptions, nearly every game I have on the PS2 or XBox goes unplayed after the first few times. They're just so "blah". (Like I said, there are exceptions...)

I have all three systems. I have the most fun with the Gamecube. A lot of people I know agree once they've played a few of the Gamecube games. Esspecially Metroid.