Post by: honda_insightful on October 09, 2003, 09:07:35 AM
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By the late '80s, Nintendo... was notorious for the iron-clad terms that it required third-party game publishers to agree to, which gave Nintendo full control over how many cartridges could be manufactured and prohibited publication of a game on rival systems until it had been available on the NES for two years. It's also alleged that Nintendo played favorites when meting out merchandise allotments to retailers, and stiffed stores that dared to drop prices or carry certain competing items. In short, Nintendo was accused of price fixing.
Various States began noticing Nintendo's questionable business practices, and eventually Congress and the Federal Trade Commission became involved. (snip) The FTC was jubilant, crowing about how it had "rejoined the battled against vertical price-fixing by manufacturers and retailers." This would send a message to other countries, it said, about the ethics of doing business in America.
COMPLETE ARTICLE: http://gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index23.shtml
If Nintendo started requiring third-party publishers to develop exclusively for Nintendo, forced retailers to price-fix games or else lose their right to sell Nintendo games, and included lock-out chips to prevent developers from hacking the console, the next-gen GameCube 2 could repeat the NES' success.
Post by: Gibdo Master on October 09, 2003, 09:16:19 AM
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Post by: Infernal Monkey on October 09, 2003, 02:11:35 PM
"Hey Capcom, wanna make games for our next system?"
'Well, yeah.'
"Cool, welp, you've gotta drop all support for Sony and Microsoft's upcoming consoles, then."
*Tumbleweed*
Post by: The Real Mario on October 09, 2003, 04:56:00 PM
Post by: The Omen on October 09, 2003, 05:15:47 PM
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The NES owned the market because it was the best/only game system with the best games. The price-fixing only protected the NES from any compettiors. Of course this didnt make Nintendo invincible because once the TurboGrafx/Genesis arrived, developers wanted to make games for the most powerful system.
And gaming has gone downhill ever since. I think i enjoy a dictatorship, if only in moderation
A lot of frontrunning has occured ever since from 3rd partys. and its a little annoying. Take RE or Metal gear or Final fantasy. RE on GC, when all the fans had the ps1...(i'm not complaining), Metal Gear and FF born and bred on Nintendo systems, and finally reborn, after about 8 years, after being exclusive to the Sony machines. I want iron fist control! At least give me facism! People would love if all the best games were on one system.Post by: S-U-P-E-R on October 09, 2003, 06:34:56 PM
P.S. Sony should be cornholed by the FTC for its all-too-commonly faulty hardware :S
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on October 09, 2003, 07:19:49 PM
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Universal Goes Ape
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The writing was on the wall.
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900-pound gorillas
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waiting in the wings
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pulls a rabbit out of its hat
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bottom of the barrel
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kid in a candy store
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800 lb. gorillas (OOPS AGAIN)
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Slap on the Wrist
And whatever the hell this means:
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Atari Takes a Bath on E.T.
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Nintendo's GameCube might be falling behind in the console race these days
Fragmaster is still :cool: tho
Post by: Infernal Monkey on October 09, 2003, 07:24:04 PM
*Cries for E.T*
Toot on, E.T, toot on!
Post by: Matt on October 10, 2003, 03:51:16 PM
Back in the NES days, not having your games on Nintendo's platform was a bad hit, enough to warrant meeting Nintendo's demands.
Today, Xbox 2 and PS3 development would just be easier than following Nintendo's demands.
Also, it is generally bad business practice to do something that got you sued over again.
