Nintendo To Dominate Next Generation?

Via GameSetWatch, an editorial on the site Firing Squad suggesting that Nintendo is poised for a gaming industry coup. Their unique controller and appeal to casual gamers, the author posits, will turn the status quo on its head. From the article: "The cheapness of the console will help it sell and it's unlikely that Nintendo will face production shortages since it won't use exotic and difficult-to-make components. With a large installed owner base, more developers will be inclined to take a shot at it, publishers will feel pressured to release key titles (like Madden) for the Revolution regardless of their past GameCube experience. The controller is standard enough to work for most titles - so Xbox and PlayStation games will most likely work on the Revolution without major trouble, yet that same controller offers unique features that will be difficult to replicate for Microsoft's and Sony's consoles."

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Well, this is Slashdot, so...

[Blakey Rat]

Well, this is Slashdot, so the easiest way to get karma in this discussion would be to answer:

Duh! Of course! It's Nintendo! Nintendo dominates EVERY generation, man! Who cares about graphics or networking when you got Mario? Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, Super Mario Brothers 17: The Revenge of Goomba, etc. You can't go wrong. The GameCube was just misunderstood.

For any other company, it would just be a gimmick

[scolby]

But because Nintendo is making the controller, it's automatically going to reshape the gaming landscape. Such claims need to be taken with a rather large grain of salt - Virtual Boy, anyone?

Re:The low price won't help it

[TechniMyoko]

Gamecube sales numbers were well ahead of the XBox.

Not on Earth. On this Earth, XBOX sales numbers are about 5 million ahead