If GCN can't break 20 Milltion world wide in sales, Nintendo should stop making consoles. If they do break it and still lose to Xbox, they should stop making consoles. If they break 20 and beat Xbox They better release the most kick as system ever before they even imagine competing with Sony.
The thing that sucks is Nintendo is as good as dead because they are a video game ONLY company and can only afford so much.
I mean, Sony and MS could take a $200+ loss on ever Xbox/Ps2 sold at launch, and wait years to break even. While Nintendo could do the same, but they can't risk it because if GCN were to flop with a $200 loss on every console the company "Nintendo" would be dead... while "Microsoft" and "Sony" consider Video games one of thier lowest priorities. (I think it's coming up on Sony's list, but to M$ it's just a way to waste billtions to make billions)
This is why I think Nintendo should wait on next generation and release the console a year later than the competition.
I mean, if M$, Sony, AND Nintendo launched at the same time Nintendo would be raped. Nintendo would have the smallest advertizing campaing... and the highest priced hardware. (if not highes priced, lowest in quality because they can't afford to dress up a $500 system in $300 like M$ and Sony)
If they wait a year, they can get that advantage they had with N64 that Microsoft stole this generation. "Power"
(I think if it wasn't for N64's power advantage over Psx, N64 would have flopped.)
But who knows... maybe Nintendo has a good chance of regaining the crown. Maybe not. All I know is, with all the hype of the "Nintendo Dolphin" and how "N" fanboys were praising it from the start, and also how they would act like it can murder Ps2 and Xbox.... I would have thought this generation GCN had a great chance.
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