Harrison On Nintendo's Shortcomings, Hopes

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]."

Comments

Re:He's got a point

[ForestGrump]

They gotta make that jump.
Be way out there, be radical. They gotta set the trend by failing.

Look at the former TV show That's My Bush.
It set the trend for being radical, for being original. And they failed after a season.

However it set the trend for future shows.
Ever watch (someone name a show, its 1:30 in the am. I'm sleeping.)
-Grump

Re:He's got a point

[NanoGator]

"It set the trend for being radical, for being original. And they failed after a season."

I thought it failed because it wasn't that funny...

No, not trolling against the show here, just didn't find it amusing. Gotta wonder what would have happened if they kept it going during the Iraq business, though...