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[Jonnyboy117]

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TalkBack / RE:Nintendo Reveals "Third Pillar"!

« on: January 20, 2004, 07:04:38 PM »

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Originally posted by: Jonnyboy117
My concept design for Nintendo DS

Hosted by my friend at the Nformant because my personal webspace wouldn't cooperate and I didn't want to deal with PGC's anti-leeching software.

That's harsh man, lets hope it doesn't turn out like the VB.

Honestly this has a lot of potential. However, it is unlcear how this is the "third Pillar" for nintendo. I think there is quite a bit they have not told us yet.  

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TalkBack / RE: Iwata Comments on Nintendo Next Generation

« on: January 13, 2004, 11:34:02 AM »

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People thinking VR are probably thinking too hard. I feel that there is an online implementation still being planned here. It could be a simple GBA-like device that connects to a network, and plays like a Game Boy, but is actually a game service, with no actual game media to buy. It'd be strictly online-based and would download data as needed.

The part that gives a clue about the N5's direction is that the N5 could have a more advanced cable-based game service. Elimination of the publishers -- one of the industry's long-term goals starting to be realized.

Anybody else remember Sony wanting the PS3 to be broadband-based and without media? It sounded silly 2 years ago when they first said it, huh?

This is still very unfeasable though. Broadband internet is not nearly as widespread as you think it is, and without that this idea is obselete. It would cut the product base to a fraction of what it is now. It may go that way one day when you are able to download gig's of data in a few minutes or even an hour, but until that day cames this will not happen.

and this still does not change gameplay or in fact anything about the current standards of games except how you get them. I think Nintendo is working on something that is aimed to alter the way people look at gaming. The next "big thing"

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TalkBack / RE:Iwata Comments on Nintendo Next Generation

« on: January 13, 2004, 07:34:51 AM »

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Over the past few years we've been hearing two loud trends in the video game industry. 1. Sales/Revenue is going up and surpassing the hollywood box office. 2. Companies are going broke, (hundreds of examples) being swallowed, (EA are hungry) laying off employees, (Midway is the most recent example) reporting losses (Nintendo) etc. etc.

This is simple Micro Economic's really. It's called long-run equalibruim of a monopolistic competitive market. Basically it means profits are decresing for each individual company, but overall the industry is growing. This is because there are many entry-level companies absorbing the profits that were once shared by less companies. this trend will continue until one of the following occurs:

1: Profits drop totally and no company reports any profit over along term period (fiscal year) thus making companies drop out of the industry, which creates more profits for the remaining companies to share.

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2: Innovation of the current product re-vitalizes the market for a few specific companies. This draws more profit to those companies and takes it away from other causing same businesses to drop out of the market or merge with existing companies.

and then the process restarts. Rinse Lather Repeat.

On another note:

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NES = brings arcade level games into the home.
SNES = refinement of 2d games.
N64 = brings games into 3d.
GC = refinement of 3d games.
N5 = , brings game control into 3d?

If you follow the current trend of major consoles, this is bound to happen. It is an innovation that would seriously alter gameplay as we know it and open up a whole new range of ideas. also it would be the introduction into possibly next-gen VR. Of all the possibilities, this seems the most groundbreaking. weather or not it is true (or even possible) is another story.  

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TalkBack / RE: Iwata Comments on Nintendo Next Generation

« on: January 12, 2004, 12:46:48 PM »

Iwata's quote makes me wonder if the the new device will be a conventional console. It may be something completly off the wall, which in my opinion is a great thing.

I would like it to be The first in home Vr game (real VR) but i doubt it.  He says also that it will "Hint at what we can expect from the next console." which might mean It will be an add on device for the Gamecube which will come standard on the next console. Something like a hard drive or maybe something like the GB Player. I just hope it isnt gimmicky like most Gba link ups and the card reader.