Nintendo: "We aren't competing with Sony or Microsoft"

[theprof00]

c0rd said:

@theprof00: Erm, why bother counting the sales their core games anyway? The fact is, they're releasing them, and plan to release more in the future. Also, labelling games like Super Mario Sluggers or Animal Crossing casual, the sort of franchises they've had during the GC era, doesn't make too much sense to me.

Besides, it's well known there are holes in their releases. They just dumped a ton of core titles in 07 / early 08, so it'll take a while for more to come. They'll release their games once they're ready - they tend to take a while for the main core games like Zelda. Just look at the number of times SSBB was delayed.

If one plays lots of games, they shouldn't solely depend on Nintendo, anyway. If you look at their Gamecube lineup, you'll notice they published about the same number of core titles for the first 2 years.

edit: What I'm trying to get at, is they haven't dropped support for their core audience. They're releasing just as many as they were in the GC era. Early 09 so far isn't quite up to par, but I'd wait until the end of the year until claiming they've abandoned anyone. The third parties (see Sega) are filling in the gap, anyway, so I'm set.

i understand the logic of using the GC, but why would you want to compare this systems lineup with one another system that was almost buried alive (I loved my GC, there is no animosity here, unfortunately mine was stolen with WW inside it and I was very very upset)