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Nintendo thinks their games are superior to 3rd party games we can all agree on that. Maybe that was true 20-30 years ago but that is not the case today. All the highest budget and highest grossing games are from third party developers.

Nintendo only releases about two games for their home console a year, with little to no third party support, does Nintendo really expect gamers to buy a game in spring and keep on playing it until christmas? are they nuts? How can they expect a home console to survive with only two games that people want to play on it a year? This is why the gamecube sold lousy and the Wii U will sell just as bad.

Nintendo needs to wake up out of their 1980's coma and realize they need to make their hardware similar to competition in order to adopt the most popular games (Call of Duty, GTA, Battlefield etc). I get it they want to make their product different than the competition but they can do it in other ways.The best ways Nintendo could have won, in my opinion, was to release a Xbox One/PS4 kind of device with proper online packaged with a wii motion plus remote and a modern day PS/X1 style controller. It should have been packaged with a new IP hit game with some of Nintendos hottest franchises. They SHOULD also have every retro Nintendo game available to download day one. And they should of called it the Wii 2. They should have similar build to PC games and Blue Ray capabilities. This is the 21st century. At a price tage of 350-400 dollars, Nintendo could have easily won this generation doing this in my opinion.



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In the wilderness we go alone with our new knowledge and strength.

your anti nintendo threads are getting really annoying



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No. But this site is nuts for allowing 100's of threads like this every day.



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Edit your post to 3-4 games per year. Yes their biggest problem is the third party, and i agree that third party sells hardware more then first party.

Nintendo coudn't go the ms/sony way to win next gen. They do not have the audience who likes third party games, online gaming, and pixels and resolution on their side. They had to differentiate themselves, they did but at the same time eclipsed a lot of third party and had too big of a price tag. As well as no new compelling software.

Making paltformers over and over again, or platforming esque games doesn't attract a new audience. Super mario 3d world is a very good game, yet it is similar enough to the galaxy games to not warrant a purchase yet.



Where'd this "2 games a year" falsity come from?



carlos710 said:
No. But this site is nuts for allowing 100's of threads like this every day.


he is toastboy cut him some slack!



I Agree!

How can a game like for example that new Mario 3d game be compared and shockingly get better scores compared with the likes of GTA5 and the last of us? I know it's a fun game but the sheer technical aspect of those 2 games is something Nintendo hasn't reached in my opinion....



Einsam_Delphin said:
Where'd this "2 games a year" falsity come from?


First party wise 3-5.