Xbox 2 will run the tables

Jason1 · 11-23-2004, 12:04 AM

Honestly, Nintendo just needs to get their heads out of thier asses, make online gaming a reality on their next console, and stop catering so much to the younger audience. The new Zelda for Gamecube is a start, now they need to continue going in that direction.

That and Revolution cant look like a purple purse. That, IMO, hurt Gamecube possibly more than anything else. Older gamers saw a console that looked like that, and quickly dismissed it as being "the one for kids".

Im not saying Nintendo should just totally copy what Sony and MS are doing, but they should at least start moving in their direction. I think Nintendo is just a few smart busniess moves away from again competing in the industry.

Besides, its not really as bad as some of you make it out to be. I mean, hasnt the Gamecube still sold more units than Xbox worldwide, albiet barely? That and we cant forget the DS, which is obviously selling through the roof. Dont crap yourselves people. Nintendo isnt going anywhere.

Null · 11-23-2004, 12:31 AM

Nintendo doesnt understand the north america audience, hence the purple cube. things like that may fly in japan, they dont in other places.

MS and Sony have a much better understanding of other market places which is extremely noticable in things like thier advertising.

and DS will sell well, i wont do better then GBA, plus it now has to share the marketplace with a good competitor. selling good or not, it hurts nintendo to lose any of the handheld market to sony.

Jonbo298 · 11-23-2004, 01:36 AM

It's a given Sony will take a part of the handheld market. It's the first time in years that there has been serious competition for Nintendo in the handheld market that can take a chunk. It's like when Microsoft came into the console world, they were gonna take a chunk away from Sony and Nintendo.

But I think Nintendo will learn from any introduced mistakes this generation. They did good for a first disc based system but there can be improvements. Mainly an online setup similar to Xbox Live with say a yearly fee of $50 or something for good stable and fast servers.

As for Microsoft, they can do what they like

Canyarion · 11-23-2004, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkMaster

It's like democracy, biggest flaw is that the majority of people are stupid.

Like in the States?

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Originally Posted by Crono

One thing that I think will help Nintendo is having an online thing like Live. ... Stuff like Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Party, Smash Bros, etc, anything, even something like Pokemon, would attract a lot more customers, I think.

Yup, I agree. It just looks a little sad to see that more than half of those titles have 'Mario' in it.

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Originally Posted by Joeiss

online version of pokemon with voice chat. that is all i want.

It's funny how that wish has changed over the years. First it was "A GameCube Pokémon game", then "An online Pokémon game" and now it's "An online Pokémon game with voice chat".

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Originally Posted by Jason1

I think Nintendo is just a few smart busniess moves away from again competing in the industry.

Exactly.
1 word: motion sensing. (ok, that was more like 3 words)
Nintendo is working on this. If they can implement it into the new controller, it will really revolutionize the way we control games.
Sure, to Null, I mean to some it will just be a gimmick (

), but I think it's a great idea. Nintendo will have the only console that lets you control VR-style. Imagine playing a FPS, you could aim by pointing the controller.

Add online play, some killer apps for all ages and Nintendo is ready to take over the second place.

Jonbo298 · 11-23-2004, 01:52 PM

I think the only problem Nintendo might run into if they made something good like the VR'ish idea is that people will call it a gimmick, developers will go "boo hoo, I dont want to spend extra time making a game with VR. I want to make it on a standard boring controller". Then a year later, Sony releases a VR'ish controller/console, everyone goes "OMG, lololz, Its teh gr8tEst th1NG knownz toez manzzz,lolol" and developers start hopping on it until MS releases it too.

Null · 11-23-2004, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I think the only problem Nintendo might run into if they made something good like the VR'ish idea is that people will call it a gimmick, developers will go "boo hoo, I dont want to spend extra time making a game with VR. I want to make it on a standard boring controller". Then a year later, Sony releases a VR'ish controller/console, everyone goes "OMG, lololz, Its teh gr8tEst th1NG knownz toez manzzz,lolol" and developers start hopping on it until MS releases it too.

prolly cuz when Nintendo made it, you had to have connectivity with your shoe lace. Then when Sony made the idea they listened to people and made it with online support.

Joeiss · 11-23-2004, 03:00 PM

It's funny how that wish has changed over the years. First it was "A GameCube Pokémon game", then "An online Pokémon game" and now it's "An online Pokémon game with voice chat".

lol. Well I wouldn't want a gamecube game in the next generation, and I wouldn't want an online game without voicechat because it ****ing rocks with voice chat. So there better be an online voice chat pokemon game@!!!!!!!!! RPG, that is.