Yeah, you're absolutely right. That's probably why they're experiancing NET losses half-way through the fiscal year. First time in 7 years, I might add.
I'm glad they're holding back their non-existant "good" titles you claim they have.
You seem to be missing my point, Wintrale. A console developer is supposed to make a console that'll not only appeal to the gamers, but also to the developers. When a developer can't spread its wings in a given envioriment, he knocks on the door of the competition. Why, oh why do you think we don't have all too many good titles for the Wii? Because it *can't* pull the good titles off.
If you're a mammal, chances are you have a Wii. The chances that your Wii GATHERS DUST are equally great.
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Nintendo has to do what they can to slow down the progression of its hardware.
I agree once more. I've had enough of the progress, the time has come to show who can regress as much as humanly possible. All those fancy-pants games that happen to be *fun* already bored me. I want my rougelike games back into mainstream!
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At least Nintendo makes a conscious effort only to release consoles when they're certain it has a hook worth selling. They have their "gimmick" (which proves to be nothing of the sort as Sony and Microsoft race to be the first to copy it)
I can't think of anything Microsoft copied off Nintendo consoles other than the idea that you connect your console to a TV. If anyone, they copied Sony's Eyetoy. As far as Sony's concerned, yeah, the Move is a bit of a rip-off.
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They don't care about releasing consoles that add to gaming, they just care about release something they can sell.
To the contrary. It's Nintendo who cares about the sales the most. Why else would they release a gajizillion of add-ons to their products that add nothing at all to the overall gameplay? Why would they create the DSi framework, a never fully-utilized handheld that has 5 dedicated games and a shop-full of rather crappy DSiWare titles, maybe 20 of the games worth buying altogether?
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Nintendo's approach of pacing themselves to extend the lifeline of consoles
That's not how "extending lifetime" works. Nintendo cosoles tend to be outdated the day they are released. Extending lifetime means that you *exceed* expectations, not just "meet" them.
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They're not releasing consoles that are more powerful for the sake of being more powerful, like Sony and Microsoft.
...they release consoles for all your waggling needs instead.
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At a certain point in time, they'll reach the limit and from then on it won't matter how many CPUs you put in or how many GHz they can pull.
...and that time hasn't been reached yet.
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Nintendo is giving other developers a two month window to make their mark, that was the deal. In reality, Nintendo probably shouldn't have been so kind - just look at everyone here, moaning and complaining and spelling Nintendo's doom for it.
They shouldn't have released Launch Titles at all. The DS can stand on its own titles! Down with 3DS-only carts!
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By the time Sony has released the PSP4 and realises they can't release a PSP5 because it wouldn't make any difference, Nintendo will still have three or four handhelds to make.
...thus allowing the competition to create a large library of games for their console while Nintendo will carry on raping your wallet with minor updates. I actually agree, this sounds like a likely scenario.
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The only reason people bought a PS3 after the PS2 is because it was more powerful. Functionally speaking, the PS3 plays games no differently to the PS1.
PS1 = First Disc-Based console system
PS2 = EyeToy, DDR mats, USB support, DVD support (something Nintendo STILL doesn't quite grasp, even though the Wii is perfectly capable of DVD playback), Keyboard support
PS3 = Six-Axis and Move, BlueRay support, exceptional Online capabilities including f.e Video Streaming, PSP 2 PS3 connectivity taken to the next level, unlike the typical "download a demo" routine of the DS 2 Wii.
Righty-o, I also see little innovation or change here.
Ugh, bored. There are too many holes in your logic to poke. Swiss cheese comes to mind.