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What numbers are you talking about? Their finacial numbers? They reported their first ever loss. Their percentage of the market? They are a distant 2nd or 3rd. Exactly what numbers show that Nintendo is currently a roaring success?
Have you read anything I've said? The numbers that show online gaming is NOT popular enough to support now! Nintendo may be a distant second, but everyone is compared to Sony, and Microsoft, the so called crusading hero of online gaming, is a VERY distant third. And that first loss ever was quickly rectified with a price drop that propelled American sales almost to the level of the PS2- Nintendo recognized the problem and
fixed it. Are you trying to make a point here?
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Style: I don't care what the hardware looks like, you don't care what the hardware looks like, but casual fans do. Most 12+ aged males do not want to look like a nerd. They don't want a purple box in their room. Sure, they also released a black one at launch, but that wasn't the one they featured in their promotions. Either way, it's not a slick looking piece of hardware like the PS2. You and I may find all this pathetic, but it's a fact of life, one Nintendo needs to recognize. If the GBA SP is any indication, hopefully they have.
I don't know a single person who decided not to buy a Gamecube because the "official" color was purple- not a single one. And the people that DID make such a decision aren't the people I want taking this industry into the next generation. It's not all about making the MOST money, Cowboy- morality plays a role as well.
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DVD playback: This is probably the only generation where this will be a selling point. Every one is/was switching over from VHS to DVD. It's alot easier to justify the purchase to a parent or spouse if you're also getting a DVD player out of the deal. By next generation everyone will already have a DVD player and stand alone units will be cheap. Maybe you already had one, I did, but I know at least 3 people where this was a factor.
Stop coming up with petty reasons- if you're going to make a case for Nintendo failing, you're going to have to do better than that. The people who decided on one console over another because of DVD playback obviously aren't into the games that much. And why the hell should justification matter at all? If I'm going to buy a console people shouldn't care WHY.
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Disc size: Sure it has larger capacity and is cheaper than a catridge, but it's still smaller than what everyone else is offering. This leads to compressed cut scenes for the GameCube version.
Oh no, compressed cut scenes! Seriously, how long did you brood over all of these? I doubt any 3rd party denied the Gamecube support simply because the disc was a little too small. You know what that small disc offers? MUCH faster load times. So there's a balancing act going on.
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Third party: This is about 50/50. They've been losing a lot of third rate third parties, but have been strengthening their ties with the biggies. The problem is that you and I might not be interested in Atari's, Eidos's, and Acclaim's games, but casual gamers are. Who do you think keeps buying all that licensed crap?
I consider LOSING Acclaim, Eidos, and Atari and GAINING incredible support from Sega, Namco, and Capcom a fairly even trade- actually, I'd say Nintendo got the better end of the stick, actually.
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Kiddie image: Nintendo has done very little to address this. Sure there are 2nd party games like Metroid and Eternal Darkness, but most casual gamers don't know about them because Nintendo failed to aggressively market them. The look of the console adds to this. cel-shading Zelda didn't help.
That cel-shaded Zelda broke Vice City's record for the most preorders. I'll admit, though a lot of older gamers do see Nintendo themselves as being for a younger crowd, and Nintendo does need to step up their advertising (which they have been lately). I talk a LOT about this kind of stuff in my editorial, so I'll save myself the effort of retyping it for your convenience.
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Hype: Would it kill Nintendo to exagerate every once in a while? They release realistic, maybe even slightly lowered specs, while Sony and Microsoft make it sound like they're console is the second coming, and will help you score with the chicks. Give the developers the real numbers, but give the masses something they can brag about.
That's it, I'm convinced- you're a lunatic. How has telling a "chick" you're a gamer EVER worked? Can you explain that to me? From what I've noticed most girls seem to prefer Nintendo's games anyway, perhaps because they're not as worried about image? I NEVER want Nintendo lying or decieving to get sales, EVER. That's another major point of my editorial, which I'll again let you read on your own.
In the end, though, you've come up with some pretty sour excuses for Nintendo's troubles- I'm not saying they don't exist, not by a longshot, but come back when you find the REAL reasons, like Nintendo ignoring the smaller 3rd parties, giving PAL territories the shaft most of the time, not giving their products more prominence in retail stores, not having many games that appeal directly to the Western audience, etc, etc- you got the marketing thing, but Nintendo's already in the process of fixing that. You can do better.
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