Does Anyone Else Feel Nintendo Is On Verge Of Collapse?

[machomuu]

We'll just have to wait and see, this is only the beginning.

 

[Psyfira]

Nope. A few years back Nintendo cracked the casual market and sold consoles to people who didn't have one. Now they have to figure out how to get those same people to buy a new console when they've already got one. Why buy a new one when my old one plays Picross just fine? All this while going up against smartphones, devices which people already have that can handle those kinds of quickplay games perfectly.

In the meantime, here in the UK the new 3DS adverts are trying to market the system to more core gamers instead, with adverts for Metal Gear and the suchlike, highlighting the tech. specs of the system. A group of players that Nintendo abandoned in the last generation. Heck, I don't think 3D was even mentioned in the ad. So they're a bit all over the place at the moment but I think "verge of collapse" is way off the mark.

 

[heat6jones]

You can't really compare Nintendo to Sony or Microsoft. Nintendo is basically only a video game company. Sony and Microsoft are involved in much more than just video games.

There are quite a few fan boys posting in this thread which is unnecessary because I voiced my support for Nintendo, but I am worried about their direction.

Thanks to those who posted serious replies though.

 

[heat6jones]

No. I do not feel Nintendo is going under. However, I do feel this thread is as useful as shit.

Yet you bothered to reply to the thread, bumping it up and keeping it active...

 

[heat6jones]

its always fun to see people who have no idea of anything make up their little theories.

think about this: sony always cuts the prices for their consoles even before launch.

while nintendo already made money with the 4 million sold 3ds', they now wont make any loss for god knows how many more sold 3ds at a cheaper price.

sony on the other hand will make losses starting from the first sold vita. and it wouldnt even surprise me, if many people were to hold back on buying many games, in hopes for a quick hack

(which btw seems to be what people wait with the 3ds too... kinda guess that many, many people just dont want to buy games after all these years with a flashcard)

I'd say we all have no idea other than what we read in the news. Don't imagine anyone here works for Nintendo.

 

[machomuu]

No. I do not feel Nintendo is going under. However, I do feel this thread is as useful as shit.

Yet you bothered to reply to the thread, bumping it up and keeping it active...

He has the right and no reason to do otherwise.

 

[heat6jones]

Yup. Totally. They were the most successful company last gen in terms of sales.

OH NO! They sold 400,000+ units of the 3DS at launch! They're gonna collapse!

Nope. They're doing as good as ever.

If they're doing 'as good as ever' then why is the president of Nintendo taking a 50% pay cut and other leading staff members taking pay cuts? Why did the former president lose half a billion dollars? Why are they cutting the price of their latest handheld by $80 only a few months after its release?

I see plenty of warning signs.

 

[KingVamp]

If they're doing 'as good as ever' then why is the president of Nintendo taking a 50% pay cut and other leading staff members taking pay cuts? Why did the former president lose half a billion dollars? Why are they cutting the price of their latest handheld by $80 only a few months after its release?

I see plenty of warning signs.

I don't not see selling a lot,but not selling enough = failing.

 

[machomuu]

If they're doing 'as good as ever' then why is the president of Nintendo taking a 50% pay cut and other leading staff members taking pay cuts? Why did the former president lose half a billion dollars? Why are they cutting the price of their latest handheld by $80 only a few months after its release?

I see plenty of warning signs.

I don't not see selling a lot,but not selling enough = failing.

Well in some cases it does, and in any case it is a contributing factor.

 

[pistone]

do you really think that the 3ds was a failure ?!
its live isnt over .....you know it has still some years
and wanna bet that when the 3ds is hacked it will sell like crazy ?

 

[rt141]

I dont, this is more of a hypercritic hysteria, Every company has up and downs, good games will release for th 3ds and the last good ones for ds-wii and they will be in top of the charts agains. The reason good things havent come out is because they are in devolpment, once they are out everything will be back to normal.
Verge of collapse? LOL, one word sir: hysteric.

 

[Eerpow]

Well this is what I think, the whole thing is a set up,
it's all part of Nintendo's master plan...

The reason why they set the price so high and didn't launch the 3DS with a good first party line-up was because they intentionally wanted to sell as few as possible, why?
Is it because they wanted to give third party developers a chance on the market?
No, the real reason behind all this is all about Nintendo stock.
By showing that they didn't sell as many 3DS's as expected, their stock drops in price.
By making a price cut soon after launch, their stock drops in price.
By getting employees salaries cut including Iwata's and then releasing such information as public news, their stock drops in price.
Remember how the former CEO Yamauchi lost $500 000 in a day thanks to the lower stock value?
They don't allow such news to be published expecting their stock to recover, do they?
They want to scare off stockholders in order to buy all the stock for themselves and sell it when it drastically rises again.
The good thing about lowering the 3DS steep price point now is that they'll get enough systems out there before this year's holiday, assuring great software sales.
Remember Zelda and Kirby will be out this year for Wii, a system which already has a humongous install-base.
And with all the American Wii owners getting screwed over with not getting games like Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and The Last Story (for now) are hungry for new AAA games
and will buy Zelda in an instant.
All this will result in more sales than expected and rise the value of their stock, stock which at this point Nintendo already owns a good portion of.

So, don't worry Nintendo is doing fine.

And I'm certain that Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and The Last Story will get an NA release too, it's just a matter of time.

 

[lenitao]

Nintendo to collapse!? then what should Sony and Microsoft do?

Nintendo sold about 150m Ds and about 90m Wii compared to Sony's about 70m PSP and 50m Ps3

also Nintendo's games are selling so much better than Sony/Microsoft games, i mean Mario Kart Wii sold about 30m million copies where God of War 3 sold about 4m copies on Ps3

Nintendo is huge and is nowhere near collapsing, also, 3DS sales will surge after the price cut, good games will be coming for holidays and 3DS may be even more successful than DS

 

[Waflix]

tl;dr

As for the topic title: no. Nintendo will probably get back on their feet with the Wii U. If the Wii U fails, they're very close to collapsing, but won't disappear. They'll just figure it out.

 

[Rayder]

IGN has an interesting article on the subject:
http://ds.ign.com/articles/118/1184980p1.html

Still, I don't think Nintendo will collapse, just falter a bit.

 

[SamAsh07]

I love newbie topics like these, good for a laugh you know.

It's like he's saying "Omg omg omg PSN got hacked so many times, Sony is on the verge of Collapse"
Or like "FFFFFUUUU Xbox Kinect is sooooooooo lame, MS is on the verge of Collapse!!"
And finally "OMG!! 3DS no sell (when it has sold over 500K units) 3DS stupid fail, no games wtfroflcoper, Nintendo is on the verge of Collapse!"

 

[Scott-105]

Okay, really? How are they on verge of collapse? They've sold millions of Wiis, millions of DS's. Just because the 3DS isn't selling as well, they're on the verge of collapse. It makes no sense.

 

[heat6jones]

Nintendo to collapse!? then what should Sony and Microsoft do?

Nintendo sold about 150m Ds and about 90m Wii compared to Sony's about 70m PSP and 50m Ps3

also Nintendo's games are selling so much better than Sony/Microsoft games, i mean Mario Kart Wii sold about 30m million copies where God of War 3 sold about 4m copies on Ps3

Nintendo is huge and is nowhere near collapsing, also, 3DS sales will surge after the price cut, good games will be coming for holidays and 3DS may be even more successful than DS

I still think the comparison to Sony and M$ is not valid because as aforementioned they do much more than just video games. Also Nintendo cannot rest on its laurels. To my knowledge the Wii hardware and software sales have been dropping and the 3DS had a solid launch but they don't seem to be sustaining success. If the Wii U doesn't maintain interest, I think Nintendo will be in a very difficult spot.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nintendo-Se...es-214145.shtml

 

[heat6jones]

I love newbie topics like these, good for a laugh you know.

I'm a bit flattered. I'll try to provide you with more topics you can love.

 

[gameandmatch]

Nintendo overall, is fine. Nintendo of America.... well let us just say that they are the reason why we have many angry wii owners.