Post by: collingwoodguy on April 12, 2003, 08:47:30 PM
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 12, 2003, 10:51:57 PM
The only thing lacking is popular support from the mainstream audience, but really, who gives a rat's ass if the 12 year old next door doesn't like GameCube?
Post by: TheResidentEvil on April 13, 2003, 04:24:38 AM
Post by: cyrus420 on April 13, 2003, 10:20:54 AM
yep, stuff with the thingies. has anyone played that one game? yeah the best one. insert some more random crap here.
or maybe here, you decide.
Post by: mac<censored> on April 13, 2003, 02:05:11 PM
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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
The only thing lacking is popular support from the mainstream audience, but really, who gives a rat's ass if the 12 year old next door doesn't like GameCube?
That sums up my feelings nicely. However, 3rd party companies do care what all those slightly below-average 12 year-olds think, and I think 3rd party support is a good thing (though maybe Nintendo is one of the few companies that can go it alone if necessary).
Post by: TheResidentEvil on April 13, 2003, 05:43:55 PM
Post by: collingwoodguy on April 14, 2003, 05:32:30 PM
Post by: Toolvana on April 14, 2003, 06:25:39 PM
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Originally posted by: collingwoodguy
I hope now that Hiroshi Yamauchi is retired and new young blood is at the helm of the company that Nintendo will once again rise to their former glory and lead the industry with new and innovative games. I love the new Zelda and Metroid games. Mario sunshine was a game that I was looking forward to for a long time that I think came up a bit short, it was a good game, not great. Maybe with a better P.R. department and some more marketing dollars they can shed this monkey off their back.
If I didn't know any better, I would say that was cut and pasted from a thread about 6 months ago.
Post by: ThePerm on April 14, 2003, 09:23:47 PM
Post by: Mario on April 15, 2003, 12:39:14 AM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on April 15, 2003, 02:08:48 AM
I've always stayed away from the green apples because the only ones I seem to eat are bloody sour. Red ones are more shiny, too.. Mmm, more chemicals.
=O, wonder if they have the chemicals in a big plant? The it'd be Chemical Plant Zone, and I wave to Sonic and Tails.
Post by: Michael8983 on April 16, 2003, 11:51:11 AM
It's basically as big a fish as ever, the pond has just gotten a LOT bigger in recent years and Nintendo is now sharing it with bigger fish than it ever had to in the 80's and early 90's. It went from just facing Sega to facing Sony AND Microsoft!!!
Nintendo "ruled" gaming at a time when gaming was a relatively small market dominated by so called "hardcore" gamers and companies that specialized strictly in gaming. Things have taken a complete 180 since then and now casual gamers are dominating and the market is MUCH larger and being driven by huge companies with reaches far beyond the gaming.
Post by: Beave on April 22, 2003, 12:46:23 AM
I am prepared to ramble on now and comment how the power weight has been knocked off by two new comers, athough market experienced companies. I wont because it's probably been discused before and i think nintendo are changing. I hope that they do cater for all audiences which i believe they can but will just take time, maybe not even the next console will change this.
Just remember, kids these days want what's popular. Mix that with great games and Nintendo will be back. They just need to do it before Sony and particually Microsoft make too much impact.
Sorry i couldn't help myself so just some points of what i think.......
- word of mouth is as great advertiser as TV, its just getting the mesage out in the first place.
- Nintendo or developers could buy back old stock, the shelves will be full and the GCN will look popular.(And i will actually be able to find GAMECUBES and GAMES!)
- Make sure those demo stands are on not off! And put in the different games rather then first party
- a new redesigned GCN that looks sleek, just as the GBA was redesigned. (fisherprice and purple = not good)
- Online is a bonus feature and money doensnt need to be made off it. (Someone correct me if there are any great costs invloved)
- One cube powering two TVs instead of split (Not possible yet but was dreaming)
- Do nintendo or there marketers read forums, it's a great source of free market research
I'm not sure if they'll work but at least there's some feedback - male, 20, student, Aussie :-)
Post by: Darc Requiem on April 22, 2003, 08:45:32 AM
Darc Requiem
Post by: nonjagged on April 22, 2003, 09:30:12 AM
Yamauchi is the reason why Nintendo comfortably has billion$ in the bank made entirely from gaming.
Yamauchi is the reason why Nintendo still remains a 1st Party company and didnt end up the dodo like Sega.
Yamauchi is the reason why Nintendos' franchises arent pirated on CD-ROM like Sega's and Sony's have.
You should be so ashamed for being narrowminded and dont look at the bigger picture towards some of the decisions made by Nintendo which go against mainstream trends for a reason.
2003 = The Year of the Fund Q & Triforce.
PS Yamauch' hasnt retired he plays a diff role now which aint at the top like the past few decades.
Post by: Hemmorrhoid on April 22, 2003, 09:35:20 AM
Not that Im a supporter of either extreme, but dont you think its odd people prefer pessimism(spelling/grammar?)
Post by: nonjagged on April 22, 2003, 11:23:01 PM
Pro-Nintendo optimism? Who where and what?
For starters
the poster is implying that new younger blood will instill more mature titles?Mature titles have been on ever console ever produced. Even Sega CD had mature themes, even SNES had Shadowrun which was created by a cool bunch of developers for the time.
New blood injection will help Nintendo once again rise to the former glory?
These threads are pointless, the come up once per week about Nintendo not advertising enough. These threads are made up of actual Nintendo gameplayer or even fanboys and will possibly never ever reach the mainstream markets that need to have the heads up on the issue.
Opinions are usually expressed on the issues, nothing can ever be done or changed but these Nintendo gameplayers or fanboys need to accept the fact.
Due to Nintendo's stance to maintain a gaming-only console that strictly uses proprietory data format, Nintendo consoles will never ever supass the userbase/sales figures of the mainstreamed entertainment set-top-boxes of the opposition especially and I mean especially when certain opposition will ALWAYS (until the collapse of the console industry) underprice, desperate bundle, mass advertise, saturate, flood, brainwash, the market with their offerings.
to be continued got a call
