I completely agree with Grey Ninja & mouse_clicker
Unless you're part of the industry, whether that be actually making games or playing them a lot, you shoudln't be reporting about videogames. Full stop, end of discussion because otherwise your just fuelling propaganda on what the "public bashing" trends are and public perception that is aggresively created from opposition platforms.
I didnt read the article in question (and I still plan not to) because if an article is reported by a mainstream source or from analists who see it from a sales figures point of view rather than a quality software over quantity software point of view, then it (article) wont interest me because there is an extremely high probability that such article will be incorrect/inaccurate/biased/ and or all.
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"Oh, and Grey Ninja, Nintendo isn't doing well. They fell below their expectations."
And Sony is at a seven year low in terms of their stock value... whats the point? World economy ain't doing to hot, but still Nintendo is #1 in terms of video game profits out of the three, no doubt about that. Just beacuse they failed to meet their expectations doesn't mean they still aren't making the green.
First of all, Sony wasn't even mentioned in this. Second of all, yes, the world economy is sucking now. Lastly, allow me to elaborate on why Nintendo isn't doing well.
They fell below their expectations. Their stock value is dropping. They made less profit than predicted. Sure, they are the best video gaming company in terms of profit, but if they don't cover up this hole soon, their stock value will continue to drop and pretty soon, profit. Yes, as of now, they are "making the green." If they do not dig themselves out of this rut, they are eventually gonna get bit in the ass with drastic drops in profit.
That is why Nintendo ain't doing so well.
Expectations are important. It keeps your stockholders happy if you meet those expectations and raises the value of your stock. Not only that, but it makes the future of your company look promising.
Yes in your articulated description of Nintendo's position you somehow neglected to mention a crucial significant report that would make your statements more complete.
Its a little biased when analists report how Nintendo fell short of its sales expectations but when big name analists recently report that $ony's stocks are at a 9 year low (lol) and we already very well knew that M$ has lost billion$ on the Xbox venture, there seems to be silence, in fact very little reporting at all has been made ever about the last 2 positions.
Can anyone confirm whether that article remtotely mentioned $ony's current state of shares or M$ losses on Xbox venture?
Its all nice to make statements or report with biased agendas (like that article this thread is refering to) but then to have gamers analising it to be mostly credible just shows who the mainstream gamers are and who the real gamers are who did their homework rather than "just rely on whats been hyped the most online" as we all know that Nintendo gets hyped in a very negative way at least on a weekly basis and mainstreamers are regurgitating on it to be significant when its not.
Not one sane gamer would agree that a reporter using eg. a biased quote by M$ against its competition to have any credibility whatsoever to the reporter's piece of biased dribble is beyond a joke especially when M$ (the competition which is "apparently" fairing better by embracing pirated data formats and taking the format Online at huge losses) is losing billion$ on the Xbox venture. Has anyone even bothered to mention that Sega games have sold in a laughable amount on the Xbox platform and M$ has even had to prop up the sales by bundling these games with the console?
When Sega announced its dropping sports support for Gamecube more doom was on the internet for weeks about it and when the real reason was revealed when EA announced it made a special deal with Nintendo, hardly even a mention on these Nintendo-bashing websites was made.
Clearly any sane gamer would choose like nearly all of EA's sports games over Sega's sports games.
And the same goes for most 3rd parties which elude developing for Nintendo console platforms because they have a bigger challenge on their hands to compete against a far superiro range of AAA titles that dont just come Nintendo 1st parties but even 2nd parties.
Xbox Live may succeed in probably 2 countries but you can bet your rupees that Nintendo will come around to satisfy real gamers by being the most gamer-friendly in their next-gen decisions.
Should Nintendo approach PC developers to port their franchises to the next Nintendo platform? because thats what keeping the Xbox afloat and future Xbox platform that will be running DirectX.
Already $ony has announced its next set-top-box multi-media Server which M$ would like to crush with their own rendition only running a DirectX version. I can forecast already that $ony will push face-mapping as a gimmick to sell these multi-media servers. Knowing that you could transfer your images into certain Online ps2 games will be a big sell for the wealthy end of mainstreamers. Yeah and M$'s future set-top-box multi-media Server version will have special ports for sampling your DNA as an authentication its you thats Online in their services.
It appears both $ony & M$ are superior to Nintendo because mainstreamers have this perception that a console being able to be played Online is what this technology is all about. Nintendo on the other hand see that gameplay ideas should evolve because there is already an Online platform known to us all as the PC. So therefore Nintendo will always have these negative reputations because it (Nintendo) differentiates itself from the generic clones out there that just ride on trends or easily cracked data mediums and yet in M$'s case, lose billion$ in the process just to keep its reputation in tact as having shipped more units than its more common-sense rivals.
What the delusional mainstream reporter of that article in question should be reporting on or investigating is whether or not the Online Monthly Subscription Costs of Xbox Live will put the Xbox business venture in the black in somewhat 10 years time or whether or not gamers will drop the next Xbox platform in 2 years time altogether because Nintendo commence Online gaming for its next platform but the Online aspect is purely for gamers and its for free and Nintendo doesnt monitor it so your free to play games you purchased without the thought that marketers are sitting on the other end watching your preferences like other Online structures currently available.
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