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Ignore the business about the fine, and look at this part:
"The EU is expected to take up the matter this week, slapping the world's number-two video game maker with a fine."
So, in terms of "video game maker", who is number one?
I honestly would have thought that Nintendo were the number one. It can't be Sony or Microsoft - is it Sega?
http://gamespot.com/gamespot /stories/news/0,10870,2895905,00.html
(Remove 1 space)
Ignore the business about the fine, and look at this part:
"The EU is expected to take up the matter this week, slapping the world's number-two video game maker with a fine."
So, in terms of "video game maker", who is number one?
I honestly would have thought that Nintendo were the number one. It can't be Sony or Microsoft - is it Sega?
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N64? Nice little earner...Ssshhhh, dont tell anyone, they all think we are gods and pay through the nose for our stuff (Everyone else in the meeting room laughs).
Echelon_vs_Lightforce wrote:
A whole lot of hubbabaloo
Go eat sheet!
I rule.
A whole lot of hubbabaloo
Go eat sheet!
I rule.
PoSh KiD wrote:
> when they could be blasting away inter-galactic monsters or….
and then wrote, in the same post....
> People want to see realism, imitations of the REAL world,
Eh?
Last time I checked, I wasn’t able to ‘blast inter-galactic’ monsters in the real word dude!
> when they could be blasting away inter-galactic monsters or….
and then wrote, in the same post....
> People want to see realism, imitations of the REAL world,
Eh?
Last time I checked, I wasn’t able to ‘blast inter-galactic’ monsters in the real word dude!
Ok, a few facts to set straight...
Nintendo are a business and are as money grabbing as the rest of them, but their games are designed by artists like Shigsy who make games for the games, not for the profits.
That's why Nintendo games tend to move forward with a visionaries imagination rather than simply aim at a standard market.
Now I'm going to disagree with Posh Kid.
Slating Nintendo for lack of realism is the biggest load of tosh ever.
Look at any release schedule. See how many realistic games there are?
ANYONE can do that! It takes a real visionary to design a proper fantasy world and Nintendo (along with company's like Squaresoft and Sega) are one of the few companys that can do that.
And it's not like they can't do realism.
Games that suit realism, like 1080 Snowboarding and Metroid Prime produce impressive realistic graphics that are way ahead of what the competition can produce.
So Nintendo CAN be realistic, it's just they generally do better than that.
Also, how can you possibly rate Sony as the worlds No. 1 games maker?
The only big hitting games they've produced so far are the Gran Tourismo series, and while they might be technically impressive, they still lack imagination, excitment and soul.
I'd personally go as far to call the GT series boring but's more my opinion of that genre than anything else.
Finally:
I know the N64 wasn't as successful as the Playstation, it still made Nintendo a strong profit and although it wasn't a blistering success one might expect after the Snes and Nes, seeing the initial £60 price tag of games, perhaps it's a good thing that Nintendo were humbled...
Nintendo are a business and are as money grabbing as the rest of them, but their games are designed by artists like Shigsy who make games for the games, not for the profits.
That's why Nintendo games tend to move forward with a visionaries imagination rather than simply aim at a standard market.
Now I'm going to disagree with Posh Kid.
Slating Nintendo for lack of realism is the biggest load of tosh ever.
Look at any release schedule. See how many realistic games there are?
ANYONE can do that! It takes a real visionary to design a proper fantasy world and Nintendo (along with company's like Squaresoft and Sega) are one of the few companys that can do that.
And it's not like they can't do realism.
Games that suit realism, like 1080 Snowboarding and Metroid Prime produce impressive realistic graphics that are way ahead of what the competition can produce.
So Nintendo CAN be realistic, it's just they generally do better than that.
Also, how can you possibly rate Sony as the worlds No. 1 games maker?
The only big hitting games they've produced so far are the Gran Tourismo series, and while they might be technically impressive, they still lack imagination, excitment and soul.
I'd personally go as far to call the GT series boring but's more my opinion of that genre than anything else.
Finally:
I know the N64 wasn't as successful as the Playstation, it still made Nintendo a strong profit and although it wasn't a blistering success one might expect after the Snes and Nes, seeing the initial £60 price tag of games, perhaps it's a good thing that Nintendo were humbled...
Night er-no, you muppet!
And no Wibbling else you'll go blind.
And no Wibbling else you'll go blind.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge
> based 64 did extremely well
>
> It may have done reasonably well, but alongside Sony's PS1 it was
> little short of a disaster!
It met what Nintendo wanted it to do. A disaster? Oh no.. it can never be called that, not from Nintendo's point of view, it met sales forecasts and made them profit. While they smoked their lady like cigars and danced a merry dance to the Zelda village tune.
*do do do.. do do do... do do do do do do do do do do... do do do do....*
Anyone?
Night dudes, nice discussion. I just judged it and funnily enough I win because I rule. :) Oh, and Wookie was a close second because he made a hell of a lot of sense.
EA are the biggest and crapiest video game maker. Everyone stop buying SSX games.
> er-no wrote:
> Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge
> based 64 did extremely well
>
> It may have done reasonably well, but alongside Sony's PS1 it was
> little short of a disaster!
It met what Nintendo wanted it to do. A disaster? Oh no.. it can never be called that, not from Nintendo's point of view, it met sales forecasts and made them profit. While they smoked their lady like cigars and danced a merry dance to the Zelda village tune.
*do do do.. do do do... do do do do do do do do do do... do do do do....*
Anyone?
Night dudes, nice discussion. I just judged it and funnily enough I win because I rule. :) Oh, and Wookie was a close second because he made a hell of a lot of sense.
EA are the biggest and crapiest video game maker. Everyone stop buying SSX games.
er-no wrote:
> Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge
> based 64 did extremely well
It may have done reasonably well, but alongside Sony's PS1 it was little short of a disaster!
> Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge
> based 64 did extremely well
It may have done reasonably well, but alongside Sony's PS1 it was little short of a disaster!
Infact, I know Shigsy isn't in it for profit, when he was offered his place at Nintendo all those years ago he was asked what he wanted more than anything, even ANY sum of money the company threw at him they couldn't get him to say yes.
He then decided that he never wanted to have to wear a tie to work, and to this day is the only representative in the company WORLDWIDE that doesn't have to wear any kind of dress code to work.
Damn he rules. Money or no-tie.
Shove that up ya Gates! :-D
He then decided that he never wanted to have to wear a tie to work, and to this day is the only representative in the company WORLDWIDE that doesn't have to wear any kind of dress code to work.
Damn he rules. Money or no-tie.
Shove that up ya Gates! :-D
Boss_Pac_Man2 wrote:
> I don't think anyone here is nieve enought to belive nintendop are in
> it purely for providing happiness to people, even though they make
> incredibly good games.
Ah, but from the comments that some people have made here in the past, that appears to be *exactly* what they think.
There have been many comments on many occasions along the lines of "Sony and Microsoft are only in it for the money, and should go away. Nintendo are in it to make good games."
It's been said many times, and I've often pointed out to people how wrong they are.
> I don't think anyone here is nieve enought to belive nintendop are in
> it purely for providing happiness to people, even though they make
> incredibly good games.
Ah, but from the comments that some people have made here in the past, that appears to be *exactly* what they think.
There have been many comments on many occasions along the lines of "Sony and Microsoft are only in it for the money, and should go away. Nintendo are in it to make good games."
It's been said many times, and I've often pointed out to people how wrong they are.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Still, they learned their lesson. I reckon Sony are stil laughing
> over that.
I don't think they are.
Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge based 64 did extremely well and the GC is doing very well alongside the GBA. Nintendo as I have said many times, are the only large games company making a steady profit and thats thanks to the fact they are a 'games' company and not horizontally integrated. Infact, a 72% profit increase in the year mid 2000-2001 should that you can secretly still be winning.
A little like hamster in a big huge fish tank, closing its eyes...erm...
> Still, they learned their lesson. I reckon Sony are stil laughing
> over that.
I don't think they are.
Infact, I know Nintendo are still laughing smuggly. The cartridge based 64 did extremely well and the GC is doing very well alongside the GBA. Nintendo as I have said many times, are the only large games company making a steady profit and thats thanks to the fact they are a 'games' company and not horizontally integrated. Infact, a 72% profit increase in the year mid 2000-2001 should that you can secretly still be winning.
A little like hamster in a big huge fish tank, closing its eyes...erm...
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