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"Nintendo told go Multiplatform or face ruin"

Mario and Zelda on PS2 as strange as that sounds their could be more truth in it than you think.

Nintendo have been told by some heavyweight financial advisers that they should develop software for other platforms or face financial ruin.

It would appear that the poor GC sales are starting to bite with developers getting increasingly worried about the GC continued poor performance and the lack of software sold because of this.

Producing for Xbox and inparticular PS2 would add a much bigger user base up instead of the limited one they have now makes sense to me. If Nintendo was able to make more money from software they might be able to produce more quality titles rather than the tripe they do at the moment, hell it might even help Nintendo to sell more GC.

Oh but the difference is that if the games are on the PS2 they are automatically better.
According to Top Score.
I remember him saying that Virtua Tennis was rubbish and crap on teh Dreamcast, then when it came out on the PS2 it was great and only second to Smash Court Tennis (which is clear lies)

Bottom line:

Nintendo recently stated the day the produce games on rival consoles is the day they pull out from the hardware market.

Nintendo have announced they already have plans for a successor to GameCube.

Which means no Nintendo games on Sony or Microsoft at least until the next generation of consoles after GC, PS2 and Xbox become redundant. And even after that I wouldn't hold your breath.

For someone who keeps insisting Nintendo are failing you seem quite interested in whether or not Nintendo will be producing games on your console...

Isn't it some idiot fools from Yahoo who said that? :-P

Nintendo aren't going to start producing games for other consoles. The worst-case situation is that they have to pull out of the mainstream console market, but in any event they still have the handheld market completely sewn up.

If you were to remove the handheld market from the question, I think you find Nintendo's current profits to be somewhat less impressive...

Top score wrote:
> I am just trying to understand why and how it has all gone so wrong
> for Nintendo.

Sorry? Is it me, or are Nintendo the company who actually MAKE money on each console sold?

Also why Ninty fanboys are so loyal to a company that
> has ripped them off for years and years and been fined for doing so.


If ripping someone off can be described as supplying me with hours upon hours of gaming, which can only be described as magic, then yes, you're right.

Otherwise, shut up.

Was in The Mask too.

Must've been ripping it out of whoever used it first. Ah well.

:-)

Eastwood, man. Eastwood! Dirty Harry, I think.

The Mask.

:-D

Game wrote:
> *Distracted by man dressed as Womble*

*wrenches gun out of Game's hand and points it at Top Score*

This is a 45 Magnum - it can blow a hole through your head. The question to ask your self is "Do I feel lucky?"

Well, do you, punk?

If there was a great game coming out that you HAD to have, would you buy it, price issues notwithstanding? It all depends on whether you're willing to pay the price. If you know you're getting a quality game, you'd pay the given price for it. If the demand is there, then the price will be raised. Simple economics, you lout.

Now, back to the original subject, explain yourself or admit you were wrong. Or, if you can't, go away.