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Originally posted by Xantar
Yeah, Nintendo could invest in online gaming to please gamers and thus secure future profits and all that. It's a beautiful theory, and I'll believe it if you guys have the numbers to back it up.
The problem is you don't. You guys have no idea how much money Nintendo is potentially losing by not going online. You don't even know how much it would cost Nintendo to go online. You don't have any analysis of the markets which can give you any clue at all about how the market is going to react.
Nintendo has all that and more. How can you claim to know what they should be doing?
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all I'm saying is that they should think about having their CONSUMERS as a higher priority. Sony went online with PS2. Microsoft did the same with XBox. Why can't Nintendo?
Nintendo does nothing for their fans...churn out Mario, and then Mario Party...then we all know Mario Kart, Golf and Tennis are coming eventually...How about something original, something of more appeal to a wider audience...like a futuristic FPS or an epic anime-inspired RPG?
they're even worse with the GBA...instead of doing the consumers a favour by making a NEW, ORIGINAL Mario game they release ports of 10+ year old games and sell them for full price.
I look at Sony and Microsoft...they're taking strides to supply gamers with new concepts, franchises and business moves that will all contribute to consumer satisfaction (Frequency, SOCOM, Mark of Kri, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Primal, Dark Cloud, Online gaming, etc. for PS2.....Halo, Project Gotham Racing, XBox Live, purchase of Rare, etc. for Microsoft)
Gamers have begged for a 3D Pokemon RPG. Instead Nintendo milks the franchise on their portable systems. I mean, why not? It's half the development cost and since the GBA userbase is much bigger than Gamecube's, more copies will be sold, which leads to more profits...$$$. Listen to the fans, give them what they want...and try to grab the attention of potential new consumers as well.
And maybe, JUST MAYBE, if they came up with at least a decent advertising campaign more Gamecube's would be sold to the casual gamer. Everyone knows that leads to bigger exlusive 3rd party titles. Userbase is everything...look at the PS2.
It's a shame, because I used to be a diehard Nintendo fan. But they gave me no reason to stick with them...
/rant
