Topic: psp is online now wheres nintendos plan

[darknight06]

Well supposedly they're not going to be resting on daddy Bill's huge money cushion this time, so if that's true I doubt we'll see a repeat of this gen.  

[KDR_11k]

The MS Game Studios don't expect to break even before 2007, Xenon will be a money drain.

The "flush 'em out with dumping" strategy is one MS loves, that's how they took the lead with IE and WMP. I wonder if the EC would nuke MS for the XBox as well (they've already forced MS to make a version of Windows without WMP).

[couchmonkey]

I'm interested in the news that Halo 2 lost money.  How is that possible?  I'm shocked that any game that sold 6 million units could lose money.  They must have spent in excess of a hundred million dollars on Halo 2 to lose money on it.

[jarob]

They did not loose money on halo 2.  

[heinous_anus]

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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
"Who cares if the Xbox is losing MS money?"

The people who want Nintendo to do the same thing as Microsoft.

If you think that by establishing a solid online presence at all is "doing the same thing as Microsoft," then I have to disagree.  Of course Nintendo shouldn't delve into an online plan that's going to end up costing them out the rear.  That doesn't mean that they should continue to avoid recognizing online gaming.  There has to be an alternative to what Microsoft does online.  Does Sony lose a ton of money off of their online service?

[davidlow122]

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Originally posted by: jarob
They did not loose money on halo 2.

That's what some 'pundits' believe. We'll have to wait for the figures at the quarterly report.

(what I read about it could mean that even with Halo 2, Bungie as a whole still lost money, or hasn't returned on investment.)

[KDR_11k]

heinous: Nintendo is going the same way as Sony when it comes to online, difference is nobody bothers to use it.

[PaLaDiN]

"There has to be an alternative to what Microsoft does online. Does Sony lose a ton of money off of their online service?"

Like I said before, don't kid yourself. Sony doesn't even have an all-inclusive online service, they just have a name for what other companies are doing on their console.

The only way people will shut up is if Nintendo does the same thing as Microsoft.

[Avinash_Tyagi]

I think the whole remodeled GBA SP thing is due to nintendo revealing their online plan, what will probably happen is the updated GBA will be an SP with wireless built in, rather than the attachment that the current one needs, in addition it'll have the ability to go online like the DS.  This way those that don't want to shell out $150 can buy the cheaper "GBA SP online"version of the GBA.

In addition it'll extend the aging GBA a few more years, this way Nintendo will be able to keep from damaging DS sales while still milking the GBA franchise, at least until they are ready to release the real "Next Gameboy"

[Ian Sane]

"The only way people will shut up is if Nintendo does the same thing as Microsoft."

I would shut up if Nintendo just made an online game.  They can use the same plan as Sony, in fact I prefer it.  They just need to make their own online titles to encourage others to follow.  That's what Sony does differently than Nintendo and that's why the PS2 went online in a significant way and the Gamecube didn't.

I'm serious in that if Nintendo released some good online games that I would shut up about the whole issue even if it didn't encourage third parties.