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As a Nintendo fan i've really despaired at how well (or not) the Gamecube has done sales wise.
We all know that one of Nintendos biggest downfalls is its inability to commission any really good advertising.
The current news also indicates that Nintendo are on a rocky financial footing and are looking to the GBA / DS to keep them afloat.
The loss of some of the big names in game production during the Gamecubes life hasn't helped but can you blame any company for pulling the plug when outlay exceeds income!
Will the success of the GBA/DS really decide Nintendos fate or will someone at the top finally get to grips with some real 'in yer face' advertising for their next home console?
Heres hoping................!!!
We all know that one of Nintendos biggest downfalls is its inability to commission any really good advertising.
The current news also indicates that Nintendo are on a rocky financial footing and are looking to the GBA / DS to keep them afloat.
The loss of some of the big names in game production during the Gamecubes life hasn't helped but can you blame any company for pulling the plug when outlay exceeds income!
Will the success of the GBA/DS really decide Nintendos fate or will someone at the top finally get to grips with some real 'in yer face' advertising for their next home console?
Heres hoping................!!!
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Well I heard at one point since the Gamecube's release that GBA games were outselling GC games... which says something about Nintendo's fan base.
I admit I love retro games, and the GBA is PERFECT for it. I know the GC has some good titles but I already own a PS2 and as excited as I was about the GC coming out (that GC advert was amazingly good was it not?) I just haven't bought one yet...
Now, they're gonna release the DS...I'll admit I'm sceptical but then I thought the XBOX was gonna sink but they've turned things around. I just hope they keep making games for the GBA, as it pulls in some nice revenue for them.
Eternally a GBA fan (playing FF Tactics as I'm typing this) =P
I admit I love retro games, and the GBA is PERFECT for it. I know the GC has some good titles but I already own a PS2 and as excited as I was about the GC coming out (that GC advert was amazingly good was it not?) I just haven't bought one yet...
Now, they're gonna release the DS...I'll admit I'm sceptical but then I thought the XBOX was gonna sink but they've turned things around. I just hope they keep making games for the GBA, as it pulls in some nice revenue for them.
Eternally a GBA fan (playing FF Tactics as I'm typing this) =P
I played the SSX3 soundtrack with TOCA 2 on Live just now. No idea why, but I was a better racer.*
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*Subject to terms and conditions.
Anyone heard of balancing your sound on your xbox so you can hear your custom soundtracks AND the players you're playing with?
Stereo's pfft. Not when you listen to music as loud as I do.
Stereo's pfft. Not when you listen to music as loud as I do.
Custom soundtracks is rubbish.
Anyone heard of a CD player/PC/ANYTHING that plays music?!!
Anyone heard of a CD player/PC/ANYTHING that plays music?!!
Dringo wrote:
> Will Nintendo get it right with the Gamecube.
>
> They may pull it round yet.
HD + Custom Soundtracks + A plethora of decent online titles?
I won't hold my breath, although I'm cautiously optimistic for the next console.
> Will Nintendo get it right with the Gamecube.
>
> They may pull it round yet.
HD + Custom Soundtracks + A plethora of decent online titles?
I won't hold my breath, although I'm cautiously optimistic for the next console.
'Advertising' is the old excuse, and it doesn't rub anymore.
Nintendo have to utterly nail a wider market. The kids are too cool for school, the adults are either clever and play Cube or just silly and don't. Hard drive, every blinking third party game under the sun + the usual genius exclusives + online play as an option, would make the Revolution rule. Basically, make it a Nintendo Xbox. Which would be insanely good, simply because it's Nintendo with the best bits of the Xbox, minus all the rubbish.
Nintendo have to utterly nail a wider market. The kids are too cool for school, the adults are either clever and play Cube or just silly and don't. Hard drive, every blinking third party game under the sun + the usual genius exclusives + online play as an option, would make the Revolution rule. Basically, make it a Nintendo Xbox. Which would be insanely good, simply because it's Nintendo with the best bits of the Xbox, minus all the rubbish.
Will Nintendo get it right with the Gamecube.
They may pull it round yet.
They may pull it round yet.
Hedfix wrote:
> Actually I couldn't care less about the advertising.
>
> I'd like to see a heavy commitment to online gaming, a controller
> more suited to FPS games and a HD with the next console.
>
> and some more mature multiplayer orientated games.
...And a get rid of the Purple.
It's UUUUUUUGLY.
:D
> Actually I couldn't care less about the advertising.
>
> I'd like to see a heavy commitment to online gaming, a controller
> more suited to FPS games and a HD with the next console.
>
> and some more mature multiplayer orientated games.
...And a get rid of the Purple.
It's UUUUUUUGLY.
:D
I don't think Nintendo lose money from the GC, far from it, I bet they make a nice little profit from it. I wouldn't really use Acclaim for you example of a company that left Nintendo, mainly because they were rubbish but also because they went bankrupt shortly afterwards. Eidos is the big one, but if you look on the Codemasters website, they say how pleased they were that their first Gamecube game went to number one in the charts. This is a good start for Codemasters and will probably mean that they will have a foot in Nintendo's boat during the next generation.
What you do have to remember though, is that Nintendo is a japanese company, run by a japanese family and owned mostly by japanese investors. Ever since their creation, Japan has been their focus in terms of the games they produce and who they aim their products at, and in Japan the gamecube is quite successful. With the Revolution, they have a chance to aim their marketing and their console at the US market, which is much more lucrative, and so it is probable that there will be a big difference between what we see with REvolution and what we have seen with GC. Nintendo still haven't realised that Europe is the biggest computer games market in the world, and so they just give us what the US get but a month or so later. It's pretty much what Sony and Microsoft do as well, and it's the way that things will always be. you can blame it on our friends accross the channel, with their funny languages and strange tasting foods.
We can already see with DS that Nintendo are trying to appeal to westerners, releasing the DS in the US before Japan, and trying hard to improve the image of their console past the renowned Nintendo name. They have really been selling their consoles and their games off the fumes of their domination in the 16 and 32 bit era, and the fmes are running out, so Nintendo will have to start afresh. That's what I hope, anyway.
There are loads of GC games to be looking forward to before you start thinking about the next generation though. Just look at the release list, Pikmin 2, Donkey konga, Paper Mario 2, Metroid Prime 2, PoP 2, TS3, ToS, Goldeneye, Mario Tennis, and Starfox 2 all come out withing 2 months of each other. That's 1 essential game every 8 days, or thereabouts.
What you do have to remember though, is that Nintendo is a japanese company, run by a japanese family and owned mostly by japanese investors. Ever since their creation, Japan has been their focus in terms of the games they produce and who they aim their products at, and in Japan the gamecube is quite successful. With the Revolution, they have a chance to aim their marketing and their console at the US market, which is much more lucrative, and so it is probable that there will be a big difference between what we see with REvolution and what we have seen with GC. Nintendo still haven't realised that Europe is the biggest computer games market in the world, and so they just give us what the US get but a month or so later. It's pretty much what Sony and Microsoft do as well, and it's the way that things will always be. you can blame it on our friends accross the channel, with their funny languages and strange tasting foods.
We can already see with DS that Nintendo are trying to appeal to westerners, releasing the DS in the US before Japan, and trying hard to improve the image of their console past the renowned Nintendo name. They have really been selling their consoles and their games off the fumes of their domination in the 16 and 32 bit era, and the fmes are running out, so Nintendo will have to start afresh. That's what I hope, anyway.
There are loads of GC games to be looking forward to before you start thinking about the next generation though. Just look at the release list, Pikmin 2, Donkey konga, Paper Mario 2, Metroid Prime 2, PoP 2, TS3, ToS, Goldeneye, Mario Tennis, and Starfox 2 all come out withing 2 months of each other. That's 1 essential game every 8 days, or thereabouts.
In my opinion I think the Gamecube is doing good for itself. At the moment my Gamecube is my favorite out of all my consoles. There is a lack of GC games now, but later on it'll get loads of decent games like ToS, Zelda (2005) and so on.
Nintendo will do perfectly well woth the DS and the same with the Revolution.
Nintendo will do perfectly well woth the DS and the same with the Revolution.
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