I just reread this and I think it would be appropriate to add this little opening:
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This post may contain a certain gamers pent up aggression. Read with caution. And for the love of god, don't flame because you feel personally attacked or that the opinions expressed herein are unacceptable in regards to your own.
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Considering that Nintendo wouldn't be able to compete with Sony or MS on equal footing, and let's face it why the hell would they want to, I don't see the whole "second console" thing as anything bad. They're seeing that the PS3 and the XBox 360 are going to be multimedia machines that also (take a good long look at that word as this is the direction console gaming is headed) play video games.
On the other hand, Nintendo is setting themselves up as the "games only" alternative with all sorts of extra little game related dodads and ideas to intregue gamers with. When the market finally does become completely obscured and Sony and MS jump ship from games, considering the small amount of revenue each company is actually making from them, Nintendo will still be there. And if you see a problem with this concept, remember that it worked before. Just because PCs played games that didn't stop consoles from appearing and becoming far more popular.
I see this as more of a buffer than anything else. Sony and MS are forcing the market in a certain direction. In order for Nintendo to survive, and games overall, they have to differentiate themselves from the competition so much so that they're seen as a completely different market. There's no other way to do it other than to become a multimedia giant as well and pull console gaming even further out of focus at which point I will stop playing games all together.
As for approaching developers with new game concepts, this is a great thing. In fact, I'd say that if they weren't doing this they'd be in a heap load of trouble. I'm just hoping that they're only spreading new gameplay ideas, and not just franchises, around. This generation with farming out franchises was an interesting idea, but it brought almost zero return. After the Sonic adventure titles, did any Sega game remain exclusive to the GC? Namco basically pulled the same thing. And we ALL know about the whole Capcom debacle.
And I'm sick to DEATH of the whole argument about graphics and hi-def, of which you don't need EITHER to make a great game. If you want to make that the whole crux of your argument against Nintendo, then you're better off getting a PS3 or an XBox 360 as chances are, you'd never be willing to give a great new gaming idea a chance anyway because it didn't fit into you narrow minded perceptions of what a game "should" be.
Oh, I'm sorry... I meant to say what Sony and MS TOLD you a game "should" be and you believed them because hey, they've got that kickin' rad ad campain and Nintendo's for the I LOVE HALO 2s right?
GOD DAMN RETARDED HILLBILLY..... URGH!@
Calm... calm....
Anyway, there's nothing "troubling" here. This is what most Nintendo gamers have been thinking Nintendo was going to have to do sooner or later anyway. As is, I'm a bit upset that they put DVD playback in the Rev anyway. I don't NEED another DVD player. I already have 2... and I only have 1 TV, which is not hi-def because that crap is still WAAAAAAY too expensive.
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Wow... I didn't know there were word filters on this forum.