Malstrom: The industry's hostility against Nintendo

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nordlead said:

disolitude said:

Dr.Grass said:

ARE YOU SAYING THEY PLAYED IT SAFE WITH WII!!!????

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH BALLS IT MUST'VE REQUIRED TO LAUNCH A CONSOLE *THAT* DIFFERENT!?

They didn't have much choice in the home console market. they were a year late and have been losing market share for 2 prior generations playing along with the competition.

So yes, wii was a risk, but it was do or die.

I'm talking post Wii launch. Many publications and sites have criticized nintendo for just sitting there and collecting cash while they are really not doing much with it. Nintendo said they trippled their R&D...and vitality sensor is what they came up with? Hmm...

The vitality sensor is what they showed off, not the only thing they came up with. They also have R&D for software and the next generation DS and Wii. They could be exploring all sorts of control interfaces or how to do 3D graphics, but they won't show any of that off until the next console is announced.

a lot of people are saying "Nintendos policy is not to announce games/priducts till they are ready...unlike sony and MS" so they must be working on something that they aren't talking about.

I don't buy that anymore. Metroid M, Zelda Wii, Mario Galaxy 2 were all announced over a year before they are coming out.

You could be right...and I could be wrong. I guess future will show... Maybe Nintendo sees what makes publishers not want to make wii games and they will come back with an ultimate machine that is innovative, technologically current and has all the best games.