Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: ThePerm on April 28, 2006, 10:21:19 PM
Title: Wiik NOA
Post by: ThePerm on April 28, 2006, 10:21:19 PM
In my opinion ever since Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa left NOA things have really gone downhill for Nintendo of America. Now Nintendo is primarily a Japanese company, but as a worldwide company it SHOULD divide its power internationally. It is better business sense to do so.
lets look at the n64 era, sure there were no cds, but
Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, Turok series Exclusive, Rare was with the company, they were signing companies like Silicon Knights. Things were very good.
now it seems as though NOA is nothing more than a marketer and distributer, filled with nothing but YES-People and has no backbone of its own.
Why was Splinter Cell not exclusive? Prince of Persia? Why didn't they make bungie who they are? Why are Rare and SK gone?
The gamecube was filled with lots of exclusives, why is it that they sold poorly?
I remember the numbers of sales on n64, most games sold several millions and that was great. I was always like. Well when they switched to cds they will be so much more profitable. Well it didnt happen. THey stayed the same amount of profit(still more profitable then Sony). When in fact had they sold the same sales with the same profit they would have met inflation.
Title: RE: Wiik NOA
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 28, 2006, 10:25:03 PM
"The gamecube was filled with lots of exclusives, why is it that they sold poorly?"
What exclusives have sold poorly on Gamecube? (What exclusives were on Gamecube lololol)
Title: RE: Wiik NOA
Post by: Bloodworth on April 28, 2006, 10:32:52 PM
Rare is gone because they suck and they were a money pit.
Title: RE:Wiik NOA
Post by: Dasmos on April 28, 2006, 10:37:20 PM
Quote Originally posted by: ThePerm Why was Splinter Cell not exclusive? Prince of Persia? Why didn't they make bungie who they are?
Who decides all this? Is it purely Nintendo? Is it Nintendo's choice whether they were offered series exclusivity? No.
Are you seriusly trying to blame Nintendo for what other companies do? Daaymn dawg.
Quote Why are Rare and SK gone?
Tell me, what have Rare done? SK? Nothing. From the Rare deal Nintendo got Retro instead. Which would you rather?
Title: RE:Wiik NOA
Post by: eljefe on April 28, 2006, 10:39:19 PM
This is the "problem" Ian (and apparently others) have with Nintendo.
If YOU personally had fun with the GC, does anything else REALLY matter?
Enjoy it, and spread the joy, and MABYE other people you know will buy it. That's what I'm gonna do with the Wii.
I understand some people will always speculate and worry, that is human nature (especially bored-on-the-internet humans). Seriously tho, NINTENDO WILL BE FINE.
THEY ARE NOT LITTLE KIDS WHO NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT. THEY WILL ACHEIVE SUCCESS OR FAILURE WITHOUT YOUR HELP. You can't change 'em or control 'em.
Go with the flow. ..
Title: RE: Wiik NOA
Post by: Ian Sane on April 29, 2006, 07:21:11 AM
"If YOU personally had fun with the GC, does anything else REALLY matter?"
Less sales means less market share which means less third party support which means less satisfaction on my part.
Title: RE: Wiik NOA
Post by: trip1eX on April 29, 2006, 09:30:53 AM
Ian's new sig.
Always hatin'. Never Happy. 24/7.
Title: RE:Wiik NOA
Post by: ThePerm on April 29, 2006, 09:37:26 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Dasmos
Quote Originally posted by: ThePerm Why was Splinter Cell not exclusive? Prince of Persia? Why didn't they make bungie who they are?
Who decides all this? Is it purely Nintendo? Is it Nintendo's choice whether they were offered series exclusivity? No.
Are you seriusly trying to blame Nintendo for what other companies do? Daaymn dawg.
Quote Why are Rare and SK gone?
Tell me, what have Rare done? SK? Nothing. From the Rare deal Nintendo got Retro instead. Which would you rather?
who decides it? Nintendo's money.
Nintendo is a corperation, the executives are getting nice pay checks, but they are not getting all the money. The money just gets saved up and never used. If Nintendo just spent a billion one year on marketing. They would become so saturated that they could have the costs of everything.
Title: RE:Wiik NOA
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 29, 2006, 09:54:42 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Ian Sane Less sales means less market share which means less third party support which means less satisfaction on my part.
Many people just don't get this fact.
I don't care about the name: I care about 3rd parties developing for the console after the initial round of launch games, and that depends on system sales.
I don't want to own another dust gatherer like the GC.
