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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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Top score wrote:
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> I have played Ratchet and Clank on my PS2 and the game is so much
> better than Mario. The Graphics are slick and smooth, the gameplay
> innovative and MODERN the game just seems to fit more with what we
> expect in this day and age.
>
*Sniff* *Sniff* I smell a fanboy.
>
> I have played Ratchet and Clank on my PS2 and the game is so much
> better than Mario. The Graphics are slick and smooth, the gameplay
> innovative and MODERN the game just seems to fit more with what we
> expect in this day and age.
>
*Sniff* *Sniff* I smell a fanboy.
Top score wrote:
> I have recently played Mario Sunshine on the GC and to be quite honest
> I think the old Mario games on the Gameboy where better.
Did the Lexus tell you that? Or was it your super model Llama Girl friend?
It is obvious that you haven't played it because any one who has will know that the graphics do run smoother that Rachet and Clank. But I am not going to argue with you because you will probably just roll p in a Lexus and embaris me . . .
> I have recently played Mario Sunshine on the GC and to be quite honest
> I think the old Mario games on the Gameboy where better.
Did the Lexus tell you that? Or was it your super model Llama Girl friend?
It is obvious that you haven't played it because any one who has will know that the graphics do run smoother that Rachet and Clank. But I am not going to argue with you because you will probably just roll p in a Lexus and embaris me . . .
I have recently played Mario Sunshine on the GC and to be quite honest I think the old Mario games on the Gameboy where better.
I can now understand more the reason Nintendo are in this position.
The game just seemed very old hat there was no real innovation, the gameplay was very childlike and simply not involving. The Graphics were colourful, but hardly gobsmacking and I just could not shake the feeling that if this is the best Nintendo have to offer then they are in deep trouble.
I have played Ratchet and Clank on my PS2 and the game is so much better than Mario. The Graphics are slick and smooth, the gameplay innovative and MODERN the game just seems to fit more with what we expect in this day and age.
This is why Nintendo are struggling the old hands like Mario and Zelda are just not doing the trick anymore Zelda dropped from first to six in one week and the Xbox continues to outsell the GC 2 to 1 even the price only had a slight effect.
I can now understand more the reason Nintendo are in this position.
The game just seemed very old hat there was no real innovation, the gameplay was very childlike and simply not involving. The Graphics were colourful, but hardly gobsmacking and I just could not shake the feeling that if this is the best Nintendo have to offer then they are in deep trouble.
I have played Ratchet and Clank on my PS2 and the game is so much better than Mario. The Graphics are slick and smooth, the gameplay innovative and MODERN the game just seems to fit more with what we expect in this day and age.
This is why Nintendo are struggling the old hands like Mario and Zelda are just not doing the trick anymore Zelda dropped from first to six in one week and the Xbox continues to outsell the GC 2 to 1 even the price only had a slight effect.
ÂLÂS†ÂÎR wrote:
> Its so I can get the Devil May Cry games and GTA games as my PC just
> isn't good enough. No other reason though to be honest :)
This is the problem with using a PC for games. You need to keep it more or less up to date if you want to run "everything". And thats expensive. Consoles provide a similar quality (remember the remarks on the previous page comparing XBox and PC), and cost a lot less.
> Its so I can get the Devil May Cry games and GTA games as my PC just
> isn't good enough. No other reason though to be honest :)
This is the problem with using a PC for games. You need to keep it more or less up to date if you want to run "everything". And thats expensive. Consoles provide a similar quality (remember the remarks on the previous page comparing XBox and PC), and cost a lot less.
Updated wrote:
> The XBox is a mid-range PC or a low end PC??? Depends on when you say
> it. In another 6 months time, XBox will look even more low end, since
> pc performance moves on so quickly.
It is dedicated to run games though. It's a console not a PC. In it's field (consoles) the Xbox is the most powerful. PC's getting better has little to no bearing on this.
> The XBox is a mid-range PC or a low end PC??? Depends on when you say
> it. In another 6 months time, XBox will look even more low end, since
> pc performance moves on so quickly.
It is dedicated to run games though. It's a console not a PC. In it's field (consoles) the Xbox is the most powerful. PC's getting better has little to no bearing on this.
Alter watsit.
I was joking, chill.
I was joking, chill.
Agh yes, the people who mona about abuse towards there console, persistantly abusing the PS2 (throughout the forum). I personally dont see the problem with the PS2, i love my Tekkens, my Silent Hills, My Red Factions, my Final Fantasys, my Devil May Crys and many more. Yes it is a weaker machine, its a year older than the rest of them, the graphics can be very poor sometimes, but as many of you say, a good game shouldnt rely on graphics. Sure its all down to matter of opinion, but i get the feeling alot of the PS2 backlash is unjustified, just as much as the rest of the backlash is, the rest of which 90% of you complain that is being aimed at your precious console (which ever it may be).
Its so I can get the Devil May Cry games and GTA games as my PC just isn't good enough. No other reason though to be honest :)
You're getting a PS2?
*spits*
*spits*
I will do if I can't find it. I want the best version of the game though which is reported to be the Dreamcast version. If I can't though I will definitley pick it up for my PS2 when I get it.
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