Topic: What will it be like when Nintendo stoppes making Games and Systems?

[AdvancedGamer]

Well like That guy (I think he was the president of NOA) said "Once we stop making systems is when we stop making games." I hope that will never happen. And if it does, think of how much that would suck, seriously. Never ever having to look forward to another Mario, Metroid, Zelda, F-Zero, you name it game. I don't think I could ever deal with that. But it probably won't effect us anyway because I don't see it happening in the near future. But it could and it might. How depressing  

[kennyb27]

I believe that guy (Satoru Iwata), the president of Nintendo, not NOA, said that to emphasize that Nintendo wasn't going away any time soon.  At the time many were thinking that Nintendo would go third party and cut off their system development, this statement (see my sig) was in response to those rumors.  Simply it meant: "We're not going to stop making systems any time soon, and we're not going to stop making games any time soon.  The day we leave all of our devoted fans will be the day every person on the Nintendo payroll will be too saddened to do anything with his life."

[PIAC]

its also the day i become an accountant and get the fun/enjoyment part of my brain cut out

[Termin8Anakin]

I will die. Or I will already be dead. Either way, it's going to be a long time before they do away. Here's to another 80 years! It's already been around 120 years since Nintendo was born, so another 80 would mean Happy 200th!

[Grey Ninja]

On that day, I will no longer be a gamer.

[Hostile Creation]

Uh, no.  That thought is one of the few that depresses me.

[)Dark-LInk(]

it wil be a SAD say indeed but i hope it wont happen during my LIFE TIME! if it does il quit gaming for ever!!!!

[Munky]

It'll be just like when they quit making playing cards, they'll find another area of business.

[BlkPaladin]

But there will be a big void in the Console market because even though they are not only moving force. Nintendo has done a lot of work in making things innovative. And it is getting harder because a lot has been done so that mean few new ideas.

[PIAC]

tastey breakfast squids will sweep the planet! it will be horrible!

[OldMan Nintendo]

I enjoy "What If?" questions, so I will jump on this and see where it goes:

Nintendo, the day they shut down (God-forbid), will, over a period of a year or so, will leave a huge void in the gaming market (there would be a period of a couple of months where stores and retailers will still be selling what's left of the Nintendo products that were most currently released).  After a year, there would be a huge, yet subtle, impact left upon the gaming industry in the form of dwindling innovative games.  Face it: innovative console games are mostly found on Nintendo systems, especially in the past few years becuse innovation costs money and a lot of people don't want to make such a risky investment on something that could fail.  If there is anything that Nintendo is known for, it is for their unique, innovative concepts that ultimately get replicated by everyone else.  And since Nintendo has the funds and, more importantly, the willingness to go all out for a brand new gaming concept or genre, the death of Nintendo means a very fast decline in unique and innovative games.  The PC-gaming market would be the breeding grounds for the majority of new and, as a result, best-selling games because big-name players like Sony and Microsoft were always shaky and sceptical of new ideas and innovative concepts...

But do I worry?  Nah, not when hardcore gamers like myself intend on funding Nintendo later in life once I start a successful business company (after one or two failures, of course!)!  My loyalty is that strong because Nintendo has affected my life so much.

[ThePerm]

also grey ninja if nintendo dided...you would have to put r.ip. underneath your tatoo.

[PIAC]

yes.. yes he would and we cant let that happen! so err... carry on as you were, playing nintendo games ^_^

[Grey Ninja]

Actually I might get a little misty eyed whenever I looked at it, but I don't think I would change it at all.

OldMan Nintendo, you are truly an interesting fellow.  You are always speaking what I am thinking.  It is also my own intention of helping out Nintendo when I have the ability.  I just finished my second year of Computer Science with the intention of one day becoming a programmer of some sort for Nintendo.  I am currently working on a GBA game for my resume.