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"Goodbye Nintendo."

Nintendo have made such bad errors of marketing in the past two years that in the next few months its going to hit them hard. The death of the Gamecube will be at the end of this year; after the swan song of Mario Kart. It won't last any longer and fans who believe what Nintendo said about a six year lifetime for the GameCube were merely cheating themselves.

Nintendo are the company I have enjoyed products from since I was three years old. I thank Nintendo for creating games which allowed me to escape from the years of personal crap I have had to deal with. I really support the GameCube and personally favour it from the surrounding rival hardware yet nobody but Nintendo can be blamed for allowing the GameCube to fail in the way it has done.

Even a killer game like Zelda desperately tried to push hardware sales but two weeks after its release the hardware sales went back to the low levels of March. Its desperation times for Nintendo as their shares are taking hits and profit margins are diving without a care.

There is no doubt in my mind. Nintendo are the God's of gaming. They however are NOT the God's of marketing and sales. The lack of software stock in shops in Europe, the lack of any marketing and the stubborn 'we have our fans' cries will no doubt summon the end of The Big N.

Yet where can I see them falling to from here? A place I never thought I'd see them. Nintendo won't leave gaming, if the worst games does really come to the worst they'll be brought out by a rival company. However that really is looking at death's door. I feel Nintendo will go the route of Sega, and move into software development only. I also feel that Sega could easily make a hardware comeback if they seriously planned everything to a tee. The GameBoy may be Nintendo's greatest asset, yet against the marketing strength of the vertically intergrated Sony I very much doubt Nintendo will 'bother' too much in competing strongly against it. Yes Nintendo will release another GameBoy but I fear the next will be the last 'great' one.

To be honest, I really couldn't care anymore. Gaming has taken a nose dive since the 16-bit era. Companies are developing for the idiots that walk the street thinking anything made by EA is going to be great. Microsoft have entered the market in a bid again to yet dominate another part of the world. I am personally looking forward to the Microsoft film studios opening up or when Microsoft actually buy the American whitehouse.

In Europe we have always been treated like dirt in the gaming world. What Nintendo didn't realise is that although we aren't the biggest gaming nation and we don't buy the most. We are probably the most significant to the effects elsewhere. Oh? I hear that Holland have sold out of Gamecubes and that Germany love the GameCube too. Yet thats like buying Old Kent Road when playing monopoly and thinking you've won.

Sadly. Although I hate to say it, its going to take a huge amount of balls from Nintendo to pull themselves up from this dying defeat. Balls which I don't think they have.

I'll miss you when your gone Big N.
I'll still have my memories.
Its your own fault you stupid idiots.

Alter Ego wrote:
> So I interperated something wrong, sue me...

Well thats actually impossible.
I won't sue you. Just read more carefully.

So I interperated something wrong, sue me...

Alter Ego wrote:
> er-no wrote:
>
> No. He didn't say that at all. Idiot. He said he owns a XBox and
> that
> has a lot of potential.
>
> Must EVERYONE react like this here?

When you make up crap. Yeah.

er-no wrote:

> No. He didn't say that at all. Idiot. He said he owns a XBox and that
> has a lot of potential.

Must EVERYONE react like this here?

Alter Ego wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> I tried, but I kept reading same lines over and over!
>
> Yeah same here. In summary, he got X-Box, goodbye Cube...i think.

No. He didn't say that at all. Idiot. He said he owns a XBox and that has a lot of potential.

er-no wrote:
> I tried, but I kept reading same lines over and over!

Yeah same here. In summary, he got X-Box, goodbye Cube...i think.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> m.o.t wrote:
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> >blah blah blah
>
> ------------
>
> If you think I'm reading that block of text you can think again.

Still, you blatently read it.

I tried, but I kept reading same lines over and over!

m.o.t wrote:

>blah blah blah

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If you think I'm reading that block of text you can think again.

Nintendo will release news of a new handheld next E3 as well as the new console.

I think that'll excite people.

I TOTALLY agree, i have already sent a letter to Nintendo of Europe complaining about UK releases and the way there treating us (badly) and there so kind that they didn't reply to it (G*ts). Zelda the Wind Waker is fantastic but playing with Ocarina of Time again has shown how much better it could of been, OOT is still superb now and beats all Gamecube games hands-down, Mario Kart looks superb but it's been released November a little to late in my opinion to save any sale figures. The only good thing is that Nintendo will hopefully now learn by their mistakes for Gamecube 2 and i reckon we will be treated better, so it's not all bad!! It wouldnt surprise me if Mario Tennis is left for the new console so there's something to look forward too!!! I'm sorry to dissapoint you all but i have owned an Xbox for at least a month now (great kept secret) and i have to say that it's a brilliant console, it will get even better when Halo 2 and all the Rare games are released, i'm sorry to everyone in the Gamecube forum, and i will come back every now and again, but for now it's GOODBYE FROM ME, thankyou to everyone who has read my topics and posted comments, i can honestly say that most people on this forum have posted some great comments and topics, thanks for making it interesting and sometimes extremly funny!! I hope you keep enjoying your Games and Good Luck if your taking your GCSE'S, goodbye...... :)