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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.
In other news, DC Comics has realized that it should stop publishing Superman and Batman titles in favor of new characters that nobody has any investment in.
Microsoft has realized that it should discontinue the Office brand in favor of new software that will be more "innovative" than simple word processing.
And McDonalds has decided to discontinue all of its hamburgers, fearing that they haven't created any innovative cuisine in the last 20 years, instead becoming a steakhouse.
Philip Sandifer's academic website
Except the Harvest Moon series is widely regarded as being very good, even among older gamers.
"Alright.. so how are we going to try and market this movie? On the internet maybe?"
"Well, given the straightforward plot of the movie... we can't use the IMEWOMF."
"What's the IMEWOMF??"
"The Internet Movie Elitist Word of Mouth Factor. You see, you get people on the internet, claiming what 'genius' or 'understated brilliance' a specific movie is... and sure enough, as word spreads, people will generally be too intimidated by these faceless, anonymous opinions to go against the grain and form an opinion for themselves. Wes Anderson and the Wilson Bros. have been doing this for years."
"They have?"
"Well, let's put this way. Did you enjoy 'Rushmore' and 'The Royal Tenenbaums'?"
"My God yes. Those movies have such a subtle brilliance to them. Pure genius."
"Now ask yourself this.. When you were watching them. Did you even laugh once?"
"Well.. no. But those movies are god-like comedies."
"Comedies that never made you laugh once."
"Oh my lord... The IMEWOMF."
"The IMEWOMF. Hell, why do you think Owen Wilson has a successful movie career despite looking like a Rottweiler bit half of his nose off?"
(From the late great website Whatever-Dude. I'll leave it to the reader to figure out what relevance this has to the quote from the parent post.)
Rob