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Nintendo Running Itself into the Ground?
ZephyrXero writes "That is the question asked by N-Sider.com in their article "Playing it safe". The article talks of how Nintendo's reliance on tried and true franchises may contribute to their lack of innovation and low sales numbers. Although most have already seen this problem brewing within Nintendo for quite some time, it is also becoming a problem for many other game developers throughout the industry." A nice counter-point to Sticking up for Nintendo from earlier this month.
Yes, violent video games sell. But you wanna know what? Halo 1 and 2 sucked. GTA series is declining in quality (I know many will disagree with that). Whereas Harvest Moon is actually fun. Mario Kart is fun. Nintendo games are actually fun. You can shrug them off as "Oh, games for little kids with talking bears" but they're fun.
Art House movies are shit, that's why no one sees them. I would rather see Spiderman or Star Wars over any art house film ever made ever.
Art House movies are based on obscure facets of the human psyche that healthy, productive people can't relate to. That's why those moveis flop.
The stupid blockbuster movies you pan are based on themes of heroism, romance, and adventure; themes that normal people relate to and admire. Thus, good sales.