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Nintendo's share price is falling faster than a leaf in autumn. Why? The industry is pointing the finger at the poor sales of the Gamecube, citing all the surplus stock sitting on the warehouse shelves.
Nintendo are a big company, of course, but they are pretty worried about the fairly hefty fall in their company's profits by about 37 percent. Even their usual fallback on the handheld market is now being threatened by Sony's new handheld Playstation, currently being readied for release over the next year, and their Pokemon franchise, which is slowing down of late.
The news is that they want to ditch the Cube and try again, but doing this would drastically affect their company image. This was a company founded on trust, when they took back faulty NES consoles without arguement and replaced them with new ones in Japan it made their sales jump through the roof.
Whatever way they decide to stay afloat, it looks bad for the true gamers who were hoping and believing that there could be room for 3 consoles in the market. E3 showed that some companies are cutting back again on their Gamecube titles, despite earlier efforts from Nintendo to gain support from big players like EA Games. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Nintendo are a big company, of course, but they are pretty worried about the fairly hefty fall in their company's profits by about 37 percent. Even their usual fallback on the handheld market is now being threatened by Sony's new handheld Playstation, currently being readied for release over the next year, and their Pokemon franchise, which is slowing down of late.
The news is that they want to ditch the Cube and try again, but doing this would drastically affect their company image. This was a company founded on trust, when they took back faulty NES consoles without arguement and replaced them with new ones in Japan it made their sales jump through the roof.
Whatever way they decide to stay afloat, it looks bad for the true gamers who were hoping and believing that there could be room for 3 consoles in the market. E3 showed that some companies are cutting back again on their Gamecube titles, despite earlier efforts from Nintendo to gain support from big players like EA Games. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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Cheers. No sorry I live up North. I can't find any Dreamcast games that I want these days but there are so many of them. Looking for Rez more than any other title at the moment but apart from copies on EBay there aren't any to be found. They are going for £35 on EBay and I don't want to spend that on a console which plays 3rd fiddle to my Xbox and GameCube.
The Dreamcast is fantastic. I picked up Tennis 2K2 a few days a go and its up there with the best sports games of all time. Great fun to play and lots to do.
Goatboy wrote:
> Zone of Enders did it better and did it better over a year ago.
I fail to see any real similarity between Prime and Zone of Enders.
You haven't even played Prime have you.
> Zone of Enders did it better and did it better over a year ago.
I fail to see any real similarity between Prime and Zone of Enders.
You haven't even played Prime have you.
Whos arguing about which console is the best? I am a little past that stage. I own an Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast and my PS2 is on order (owned one before but sold it).
What you have to realise is that the little boy can not take the fact that other people share different opinions. Little boy then throws a tan trum and says naughty words.
Well done!
*Throws lolly*
Mommy's little brave soldier.
*Throws lolly*
Mommy's little brave soldier.
*Enters thread*
*Belches*
*Leaves thread*
*Belches*
*Leaves thread*
Oh!
Struck again!
Such ferocity! Such wit!
Struck again!
Such ferocity! Such wit!
Run along little boy.
Oh!
I'm beaten!
I'm beaten!
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