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Nintendo's Early 2005 Strategy
Gamespot has an overview of Nintendo's strategy for the next few months. DS sales, female users, and penetration of the older market is up, while DS software sales are down owing to bundled software. The Big N is still trying to decide how much information to share about the Revolution at E3. From the article: "We want to receive some level of evaluation, but releasing too much information is also another issue. We don't have the slightest intention of making a machine that follows the same path as conventional game hardware."
Someone found something of interest that could possibly be linked to the Revolution on the Penny Arcade Forums. It's probably not directly linked, but it may share similar technologies with the upcoming Revolution.
"female users and penetration of new markets..."
together like that?
Well, other than some info on the sales of the DS, that artical said nothing at all. I mean, the info on the Revolution was 'We are trying to decide how much info to tell you at some future date' Between this and that Metroid advertising story a while back, it seems Nintendo is managing to release a bunch of news that consists of saying 'we have information that you would enjoy hearing' and nothing else.
"female users and older markets"
female users, and penetration of the older market is up
You need only read the contents of my spam box to know this. Is Nintendo the one sending out all the milf spam lately?
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I only have a cube becuase of Zelda. Without that one game, I'd probably not have any consoles.
I really hate Dan Patrick.
In other words : 'We're gonna wait and see what Sony and Microsoft do and say before we do or say anything. So far we're waiting for some definative information on whats going on between the DS and the PSP as well. Finally, the days of the D-pad are gone. Look forward to new and innovative controllers in the next generation of video games.'
Or in a nutshell : 'We're playing it safe for now.'
.. Had better have this in blod accross the top as such:
No More using outdated technologies (I.E. Cartridges) because we fear change.
Hardware wise the Cube COULD compete. But Nintendo has consistantly made things harder than they had to be on third party developers, so the best titles have ended up on the other systems.
I picked the wrong day to stop drinking Dew...
Bundled software my ass...
DS sales are going down because there's been all of like 3 games released since the already-weak list of launch titles.
I think Nintendo kind of made a bad decision with the 'Cube: no DVD support.
With regard to your comment about going the way of Sega, I remember reading some exec at Nintendo saying something like "the day we stop making systems is the day we go out of the games business" (sorry, I don't remember where I saw it). I dunno how serious that statement was, tho.
When you look at the state of the world, how can you not become a radical, liberal anarchist?
"Many disputed this assertion, but Nintendo has become increasingly reliant upon its existing franchises- especially Mario and Zelda (and to a lesser extent, Smash Bros. which includes both)"
It's disputed because Nintendo has 6 billion in the bank to play with, whereas Sega had to drop the Dreamcast because they didn't have the money they needed to build DC units to sell. A million units cost like 200 million to build, and they didn't have the money.
"Gamecube simply can't compete."
It doesn't need to compete, it merely needs to make a profit. Since Nintendo's franchises are successful, they're not having a prob with that. They really should try to get more marketshare, but they're a long ways off from being the next Sega.
"Derp de derp."
From the article:The Big N is still trying to decide on information to reveal on the e3
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Translation: They are weighting if they should let their fans know about the GBA Evolution so they dont buy PSP's OR let the sales for the DS rise a bit more first (they're aparently taking option b)
p.s. Please notice no new titles for the DS other than those already produced (metroid, puppies) were mentioned. The talk immediately went to the new rehash for the GBA instead.
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I agree that they are relying on the old franchises a bit much - I think also that a lot of the games only appeal to the younger set.
We have all three consoles at my house and the GameCube gets the most play. Certainly the most group play. This is because of my 8 year old son who loved to play things like Super Smash Bros and Mario Party, hell even Mario Golf.
The PS2 doesn't get much use and the Xbox is primarily used for emulation and media playback.
As far as I can tell there isn't all that much good family oriented content on the Xbox. Most of the library seems geared toward gamers in high school or older. Not a lot of cute going on.
Sometimes my arms bend back.
of the people with consoles I know, only 2 have Gamecubes and neither uses it much since they also have PS2s/ Xboxes.
Odd, out of people with consoles *I* know, everyone has a Gamecube, a couple have PS2s as well, and no one has an XBox.
It's almost like personal anecdotes don't mean anything!
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Certainly, not many people play DVD's on their consoles, but you have to admit, when the PS2 came it, it *sounded* good. IMHO, the DVD drive is purely a marketing feature. It makes a casual buyer feel he is getting more for his money. The fact that I already had four different ways to play a DVD when I bought my game cube wasn't relevant to the grandma's buying birthday presents. They just know the nice man at the wal-mart had a longer list of nice things to say about the play station.
Fact of the matter is "The Best Titles" end up on Gamecube. Nintendo may have it's missteps, but designing Great, innovative software isn't one of them. Adam
If I were to release a game console, I'd get the already tried-true game ports out there ASAP.
You know, things like ports of Tetris, Columns, possibly Bejeweled. Release smaller games in packs for a dirt cheap price.
Then move onto the card, gambling games, and maybe some board games(chess, checkers, etc).
Then get licensing for the classic game ports(Atari, Namco, bunch of arcade ports, etc).
Why? These games are (mostly) already made. No need to spend tons of $ on actors, writers, etc. Nintendo has done this to some extent by re-releasing NES games on the GBA, but they could go a bit further. Boom, instant seed library of games for a new console.
I beg to differ: if I knew the ages of the two people posting here, it might mean quite a bit.
Of the people *I* know, he has a GameCube and an Xbox, but no PS2!
I make mistakes. Don't we all?
The Nintendo Gamecube, true, is not doing as well as the other two systems, but I and many others will buy nintendo systems unless they go bankrupt, along with the rich people. Plus, if you drop an XBox or old PS2 on your head, you'll get a worse cuncussion than with a Gamecube. The PS2 7000 is weak.