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Errrrr you just went in the Xbox forum and did something along these lines, but saying that the Xbox is rubbish.
Can you say retard?
Can you say retard?
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You appear to have no idea what's going on here, and have completely missed the point that even Garbe managed to grasp.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> Without Halo, the 'must have game' of the year (apparently), the Xbox
> would have sunk, because people were already skeptical as it was a new
> entry to the market as well.
Without Mario, Nintendo would have died back in the early 1980's, and if it had not been for the companies massive amount of finance they could never have replaced all the original first release NES consoles which they sent out, effectively finishing Nintendo off in it's videogame infancy. Nintendo, like Microsoft, have used the same tactics before.
> Everyone knew that with the Gamecube we would get smash hit games such
> as Zelda, Mario, F-Zero, Mario Kart etc.
Let me see, and before you launch into claims of me being an Xbox Fanboy I'll point out that I have a Gamecube, N64 and SNES.
Zelda took over a year to turn up and, whilst I think it's brilliant, is really the Gamecube's Halo in that it's selling the machine to new users. You only have to look at the use of the Platinum Cube bundle, and the earlier Metroid bundle, to see that Nintendo, like everyone else in the console business, markets the console with key games. But, onwards...
Mario Sunshine. Nice game but we'd seen it all before in Mario 64, most stores have discounted it to 29.99-24.99 and online on eBay it goes for much less, so hardly the greatest of promotions for the Cube. Essentially those with the console bought it in large numbers but the bundle pack, and the game, failed to attract many new buyers.
F-Zero and Mario Kart ? Er...where ? It's premature to assume these will be brilliant on the basis of screenshots and not a single decent playtest in any magazine ! And the fact that no screenshots have emerged until recently undermines your argument that "we would get smash hit games".
We barely knew they existed as anything other than speculation. In fact if you read David Sheff's "Game Over" book, a history of Nintendo up to the Playstation era, then Nintendo is easily the Japanese Microsoft when it comes to ruthlessness in business and wanting to establish an unassailable monopoly in certain areas.
At Nintendo's peak, suppliers and developers did it the Nintendo way, or took the highway.....
> Without Halo, the 'must have game' of the year (apparently), the Xbox
> would have sunk, because people were already skeptical as it was a new
> entry to the market as well.
Without Mario, Nintendo would have died back in the early 1980's, and if it had not been for the companies massive amount of finance they could never have replaced all the original first release NES consoles which they sent out, effectively finishing Nintendo off in it's videogame infancy. Nintendo, like Microsoft, have used the same tactics before.
> Everyone knew that with the Gamecube we would get smash hit games such
> as Zelda, Mario, F-Zero, Mario Kart etc.
Let me see, and before you launch into claims of me being an Xbox Fanboy I'll point out that I have a Gamecube, N64 and SNES.
Zelda took over a year to turn up and, whilst I think it's brilliant, is really the Gamecube's Halo in that it's selling the machine to new users. You only have to look at the use of the Platinum Cube bundle, and the earlier Metroid bundle, to see that Nintendo, like everyone else in the console business, markets the console with key games. But, onwards...
Mario Sunshine. Nice game but we'd seen it all before in Mario 64, most stores have discounted it to 29.99-24.99 and online on eBay it goes for much less, so hardly the greatest of promotions for the Cube. Essentially those with the console bought it in large numbers but the bundle pack, and the game, failed to attract many new buyers.
F-Zero and Mario Kart ? Er...where ? It's premature to assume these will be brilliant on the basis of screenshots and not a single decent playtest in any magazine ! And the fact that no screenshots have emerged until recently undermines your argument that "we would get smash hit games".
We barely knew they existed as anything other than speculation. In fact if you read David Sheff's "Game Over" book, a history of Nintendo up to the Playstation era, then Nintendo is easily the Japanese Microsoft when it comes to ruthlessness in business and wanting to establish an unassailable monopoly in certain areas.
At Nintendo's peak, suppliers and developers did it the Nintendo way, or took the highway.....
Because it isn't really.
Sega quit, it was just Nintendo and Sony.
Everyone would have been happy, most people would have owned both and had all the best games in existence. Then capitalism walked in the door.
Sega quit, it was just Nintendo and Sony.
Everyone would have been happy, most people would have owned both and had all the best games in existence. Then capitalism walked in the door.
Wait.
Your argueing your point about Microsoft.
Who to say Sony were'nt to blame?
Hmmm?
Your argueing your point about Microsoft.
Who to say Sony were'nt to blame?
Hmmm?
ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> gamezfreak wrote:
> How are Microsoft "destroying" Nintendo?
>
> Heh! Everyones destroying Nintendo according to WS.
I'd love to see what sort of evidence you have to back up this absurd claim.
None? Oh, right then.
> gamezfreak wrote:
> How are Microsoft "destroying" Nintendo?
>
> Heh! Everyones destroying Nintendo according to WS.
I'd love to see what sort of evidence you have to back up this absurd claim.
None? Oh, right then.
heh
Garbe, I don't think you know how those work. Why not put the complicated grammar away and play with your capital letter for a while.
Garbe, I don't think you know how those work. Why not put the complicated grammar away and play with your capital letter for a while.
gamezfreak wrote:
> How are Microsoft "destroying" Nintendo?
Heh! Everyones destroying Nintendo according to WS.
> How are Microsoft "destroying" Nintendo?
Heh! Everyones destroying Nintendo according to WS.
By entering a market they have no reason to be in other than they wanted more money, then flashing loads of money around to get everyone to buy their console.
If they weren't here, we would still get all the games that are being released on the Xbox, and there would only be the Gamecube and PS2 in the market.
It would have been the BEST time in console history since the days of the SNES and Megadrive if not better.
If they weren't here, we would still get all the games that are being released on the Xbox, and there would only be the Gamecube and PS2 in the market.
It would have been the BEST time in console history since the days of the SNES and Megadrive if not better.
Thats not a question you fool! Its a rhetorical question hence the '!' after the '?' maybe when you grow up past the age of 5 they might actually allow you to go into English lessons to take part. Next time I will make sure I put in brackets that it is a rhetorical question just for you. Is that OK didums?
How are Microsoft "destroying" Nintendo?
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