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If only that were the case all the time. Buy one game at near enough full price and get another free. After all, that's what were getting when we recieve our copies of The Wind Waker, the latest Legend of Zelda game, which to our luck has a copy of Ocarina of Time and the Double-D add-on game with it at no extra cost! But why would Nintendo benefit in doing similar bonus discs with other own-brand titles?
When you think how poorly the Nintendo 64 really did fare up against the likes of the Playstation many years ago, it shouldn't suprise you to hear of many gamers who never actually got a chance to play top Nintendo 64 titles, or who have done, but never for longer than the times they spent at a friend's house. So, take all those people into consideration, and add the possibility that many of them would have wanted to have a chance of owning them, but couldn't afford a Nintendo 64 at the time, and you've got a big opportunity to make big money on the GameCube!
Although Nintendo still have the biggest profits in the gaming market, their flagship unit, the GameCube, is still miles behind the Playstation 2 in terms of sales, despite Special Reserve reporting that sales of the GameCube recently beat the Playstation 2 and Xbox. There are plenty of people out there looking for a new console to play, and the GameCube is sitting their right before their eyes in retail outlets all across the country, yet the gamers don't seem to notice it because there is still nothing to it that makes it stand out from the Playstation 2.
What would stand out, however, is Nintendo releasing all their new titles with similar ones from previous consoles, as bonus discs, including footage of up and coming games. This promotional material would boost the sales of GameCube games and increase Nintendo's popularity.
Some examples of this would be to include Super Mario 64 with Super Mario 128, 1080 Snowboarding with 1080 Avalanche and Mario Kart 64 with Mario Kart GC. Many people don't realise that the classic games are still fun to play, despite being on the older consoles, and given the chance, I'm sure they would be willing to try them out. With the incentive of getting them for free with top GameCube games, it is bound to work!
Some people are bound to start blabbering on about the cost that would be added into producing these bonus discs for new gaming material, but it is a well known fact that Nintendo aren't actually losing any money on each console unit sold, unlike Microsoft and Sony, who were both making losses on the sales of consoles when they were priced up as £299.99. So I am sure it wouldn't be of any loss to Nintendo to actually start productively promoting their games with these special bonuses!
After all, who could do it any better? Nintendo have such a long history in the field of gaming that they could easily find a previous game they have created to be ported in addition to a new release. For example, instead of releasing F-Zero X with F-Zero GC, why not release the Super Nintendo edition of F-Zero. That way, the games aren't too similar, and it isn't likely that it will be ported to the Game Boy Advance anyway seeing as an F-zero game based on it has already been released since June 2001.
Nintendo have an opportunity for improving their business figures, if only for the European market. Lets hope they take it (even though we know they wont).
Remember - Twice the fun for the price of one!
When you think how poorly the Nintendo 64 really did fare up against the likes of the Playstation many years ago, it shouldn't suprise you to hear of many gamers who never actually got a chance to play top Nintendo 64 titles, or who have done, but never for longer than the times they spent at a friend's house. So, take all those people into consideration, and add the possibility that many of them would have wanted to have a chance of owning them, but couldn't afford a Nintendo 64 at the time, and you've got a big opportunity to make big money on the GameCube!
Although Nintendo still have the biggest profits in the gaming market, their flagship unit, the GameCube, is still miles behind the Playstation 2 in terms of sales, despite Special Reserve reporting that sales of the GameCube recently beat the Playstation 2 and Xbox. There are plenty of people out there looking for a new console to play, and the GameCube is sitting their right before their eyes in retail outlets all across the country, yet the gamers don't seem to notice it because there is still nothing to it that makes it stand out from the Playstation 2.
What would stand out, however, is Nintendo releasing all their new titles with similar ones from previous consoles, as bonus discs, including footage of up and coming games. This promotional material would boost the sales of GameCube games and increase Nintendo's popularity.
Some examples of this would be to include Super Mario 64 with Super Mario 128, 1080 Snowboarding with 1080 Avalanche and Mario Kart 64 with Mario Kart GC. Many people don't realise that the classic games are still fun to play, despite being on the older consoles, and given the chance, I'm sure they would be willing to try them out. With the incentive of getting them for free with top GameCube games, it is bound to work!
Some people are bound to start blabbering on about the cost that would be added into producing these bonus discs for new gaming material, but it is a well known fact that Nintendo aren't actually losing any money on each console unit sold, unlike Microsoft and Sony, who were both making losses on the sales of consoles when they were priced up as £299.99. So I am sure it wouldn't be of any loss to Nintendo to actually start productively promoting their games with these special bonuses!
After all, who could do it any better? Nintendo have such a long history in the field of gaming that they could easily find a previous game they have created to be ported in addition to a new release. For example, instead of releasing F-Zero X with F-Zero GC, why not release the Super Nintendo edition of F-Zero. That way, the games aren't too similar, and it isn't likely that it will be ported to the Game Boy Advance anyway seeing as an F-zero game based on it has already been released since June 2001.
Nintendo have an opportunity for improving their business figures, if only for the European market. Lets hope they take it (even though we know they wont).
Remember - Twice the fun for the price of one!
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It would be an ideal plan for Nintendo, as like you said, neither of the other two have quite the history to them.
These extra free games (no matter what they were) could really help sales. After all, an average monkey sees 'free' and runs to get, no matter what.
Okay, that was a generalisation, but you know what I mean. :)
To be quite honest, it would give us all old classics to play, and gives the newer user the history to Nintendo, and the new classics being made.
Who loses?
Good post.
These extra free games (no matter what they were) could really help sales. After all, an average monkey sees 'free' and runs to get, no matter what.
Okay, that was a generalisation, but you know what I mean. :)
To be quite honest, it would give us all old classics to play, and gives the newer user the history to Nintendo, and the new classics being made.
Who loses?
Good post.
If only that were the case all the time. Buy one game at near enough full price and get another free. After all, that's what were getting when we recieve our copies of The Wind Waker, the latest Legend of Zelda game, which to our luck has a copy of Ocarina of Time and the Double-D add-on game with it at no extra cost! But why would Nintendo benefit in doing similar bonus discs with other own-brand titles?
When you think how poorly the Nintendo 64 really did fare up against the likes of the Playstation many years ago, it shouldn't suprise you to hear of many gamers who never actually got a chance to play top Nintendo 64 titles, or who have done, but never for longer than the times they spent at a friend's house. So, take all those people into consideration, and add the possibility that many of them would have wanted to have a chance of owning them, but couldn't afford a Nintendo 64 at the time, and you've got a big opportunity to make big money on the GameCube!
Although Nintendo still have the biggest profits in the gaming market, their flagship unit, the GameCube, is still miles behind the Playstation 2 in terms of sales, despite Special Reserve reporting that sales of the GameCube recently beat the Playstation 2 and Xbox. There are plenty of people out there looking for a new console to play, and the GameCube is sitting their right before their eyes in retail outlets all across the country, yet the gamers don't seem to notice it because there is still nothing to it that makes it stand out from the Playstation 2.
What would stand out, however, is Nintendo releasing all their new titles with similar ones from previous consoles, as bonus discs, including footage of up and coming games. This promotional material would boost the sales of GameCube games and increase Nintendo's popularity.
Some examples of this would be to include Super Mario 64 with Super Mario 128, 1080 Snowboarding with 1080 Avalanche and Mario Kart 64 with Mario Kart GC. Many people don't realise that the classic games are still fun to play, despite being on the older consoles, and given the chance, I'm sure they would be willing to try them out. With the incentive of getting them for free with top GameCube games, it is bound to work!
Some people are bound to start blabbering on about the cost that would be added into producing these bonus discs for new gaming material, but it is a well known fact that Nintendo aren't actually losing any money on each console unit sold, unlike Microsoft and Sony, who were both making losses on the sales of consoles when they were priced up as £299.99. So I am sure it wouldn't be of any loss to Nintendo to actually start productively promoting their games with these special bonuses!
After all, who could do it any better? Nintendo have such a long history in the field of gaming that they could easily find a previous game they have created to be ported in addition to a new release. For example, instead of releasing F-Zero X with F-Zero GC, why not release the Super Nintendo edition of F-Zero. That way, the games aren't too similar, and it isn't likely that it will be ported to the Game Boy Advance anyway seeing as an F-zero game based on it has already been released since June 2001.
Nintendo have an opportunity for improving their business figures, if only for the European market. Lets hope they take it (even though we know they wont).
Remember - Twice the fun for the price of one!
When you think how poorly the Nintendo 64 really did fare up against the likes of the Playstation many years ago, it shouldn't suprise you to hear of many gamers who never actually got a chance to play top Nintendo 64 titles, or who have done, but never for longer than the times they spent at a friend's house. So, take all those people into consideration, and add the possibility that many of them would have wanted to have a chance of owning them, but couldn't afford a Nintendo 64 at the time, and you've got a big opportunity to make big money on the GameCube!
Although Nintendo still have the biggest profits in the gaming market, their flagship unit, the GameCube, is still miles behind the Playstation 2 in terms of sales, despite Special Reserve reporting that sales of the GameCube recently beat the Playstation 2 and Xbox. There are plenty of people out there looking for a new console to play, and the GameCube is sitting their right before their eyes in retail outlets all across the country, yet the gamers don't seem to notice it because there is still nothing to it that makes it stand out from the Playstation 2.
What would stand out, however, is Nintendo releasing all their new titles with similar ones from previous consoles, as bonus discs, including footage of up and coming games. This promotional material would boost the sales of GameCube games and increase Nintendo's popularity.
Some examples of this would be to include Super Mario 64 with Super Mario 128, 1080 Snowboarding with 1080 Avalanche and Mario Kart 64 with Mario Kart GC. Many people don't realise that the classic games are still fun to play, despite being on the older consoles, and given the chance, I'm sure they would be willing to try them out. With the incentive of getting them for free with top GameCube games, it is bound to work!
Some people are bound to start blabbering on about the cost that would be added into producing these bonus discs for new gaming material, but it is a well known fact that Nintendo aren't actually losing any money on each console unit sold, unlike Microsoft and Sony, who were both making losses on the sales of consoles when they were priced up as £299.99. So I am sure it wouldn't be of any loss to Nintendo to actually start productively promoting their games with these special bonuses!
After all, who could do it any better? Nintendo have such a long history in the field of gaming that they could easily find a previous game they have created to be ported in addition to a new release. For example, instead of releasing F-Zero X with F-Zero GC, why not release the Super Nintendo edition of F-Zero. That way, the games aren't too similar, and it isn't likely that it will be ported to the Game Boy Advance anyway seeing as an F-zero game based on it has already been released since June 2001.
Nintendo have an opportunity for improving their business figures, if only for the European market. Lets hope they take it (even though we know they wont).
Remember - Twice the fun for the price of one!
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