| metalmonstar said: There is no denying that Nintendo has done a lot right this generation, but there is always room for improvement. So I have come up with a list of business decisions that make me disappointed in Nintendo.
1. Marketing Campaign-In my opinion Wii would like to play was the strongest marketing campaign of the three consoles. Then in early 2008 it seemed to disappear completely. I don't see why they would drop the campaign, at the very least have come up with a new campaign. Sony and Microsoft seem to have reinvented and continued their campaign, so there is no reason for Nintendo to stop theirs. They could, but they really don't need to considering the sales and hype behind the Wii. When that hype dies down I'm sure they'll start up again. 2.Player Choice- Nintendo seems to have this idea that player choice just decreases profits. I can see where they are coming from with the strength of their evergreen titles but player choice is more than just increased sales and lower profits. It is about letting consumers know what products are quality. This would help the new audience purchase games. Less people would get ripped off and more quality titles would be on retailer shelves. There is really no reason for several year old games to still cost full price. Agree with this. 3. PR- You have Microsoft and Sony fighting it out. Each of them consider Nintendo to be a non issue, not even in the competition. Instead of laughing at their moronic claims and spinning a statement that knocks them both, Nintendo just takes it. Nintendo needs to be more aggressive with their PR statements They really don't need to. Most of the time MS and Sony PR just come off sounding like dicks. Nintendo just show the data and the figures and job done. Why lower yourself to their level? 4. Hype-Hire a public speaker of something. I remember watching E3, and although the announcements were huge, I just couldn't get hyped. The build-up and delivery just seemed so flat. It was like the speakers weren't hyped themselves. Yep, I think this is actually an area where Nintendo needs some work, although to a lesser extent Sony this gen as well. MS just seems to be hype central at the moment. 5. Spacing-Brawl, Mario Kart, Wii Fit, who was the genius who put those together. Alright understandable, they didn't realize how big those would be. There is no excuse though for leaving late 08 and early 09 barren. You knew from last year that wii fit+ would be big and how could you not think Mario would be big. Hopefully this year Nintendo's big guns will be better spaced so that gamers aren't left with long dry spells. To be fair, when they all came out the biggest complaints about Wii were that there were no games as 3rd-parties had banked on the other 2 systems. Nintendo answered by rushing out their top titles leading to the gap we've seen in the last 2 yrs (which they probably believed would be filled by 3rd-party titles). Normally, I doubt Nintendo would space titles so poorly.
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My responses in blue. My biggest dissappoinment in Nintendo this gen is the lack of Starfox, F-Zero and a new Zelda. I wouldn't mind seeing Nintendo tryout a different genre as well (although they've created a few this gen). And with the money they now have it'd be nice if they expanded a bit more in terms of number of developers.
