Harrison On Nintendo's Shortcomings, Hopes

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday October 29, 2003 @08:57PM from the honesty-best-policy dept.

Thanks to EGM for their interview with Nintendo vice-president George Harrison, discussing the current state of the GameCube, as well as plans for the future. Harrison is surprisingly honest, commenting: "I think we've had individual successes with things like Zelda: The Wind Waker and Smash Bros. and others. If there's a shortcoming for us on GameCube, it's not delivering enough consistent breadth and variety of software. That really is the key." He also explains the exact reasoning behind the GameCube's recent price drop: "We see people buying it for $99 as a second system; potentially someone who has owned a PlayStation 2 for three years already and know that they have another two or so years to wait [for the next console hardware generation]."

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The Autumn of Nintendo by filmchild · 2003-10-30 06:26 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Poor Nintendo, I'm sure everyone remembers when they were the only game in town. They lost their lead and their market share when they refused to grow up when we grew up. I mean you can't make games for 10yr olds forever. It's never a good thing when your CEO is aiming for second place but,It's good to see Nintendo's head is at least out of the sand. I just wonder if they have enough time to save themselves from utter mediocrity.