Things about Nintendo that disappoint me

[68soul]

Barozi said:

68soul said:

Ari_Gold said:
the reason i don't buy nintendo games anymore is that they don't care for the consumer at all, hence the lack of players choice nintendo games this gen. I get it they want more money, and its understandable, but its not good for me (consumer)

Why would they care about YOU, if you're NOT a "consumer" anyway?

Btw, someone who says he needs a R4 to play Infinite Space is NOT a good "consumer" for anyone: it's not only about "expensive" Nintendo games, it's also about Platinum Games and any other company you don't want to give any of your so precious cents...

Btw, do you think the business model on both HD twins is better? I see some games sold at 70 euros (nearly 100 dollars!): is that the way to go, when Super Mario Bros Wii is actually sold between 35 and 40 euros? My next Wii games are Fragile Dreams and Rune Factory Frontier, and their price is... 35 euros as well... i'm quite glad with my Wii that way...

So OK, Nintendo is sometimes greedy... but actually, Wii and DS offer the best quality/price on the market: it's not only about the cost of the hardware, but also the cost of brand new games, and the occasion you have to pick very fast most quality titles, ending in the bargain bins after only 3 or 6 months...

Most titles except the 1st parties, of course: but is it a reason to constantly blame Nintendo, like you're doin' for years now on these forums? You're gettin' quite annoying, btw...

HD owners tend to buy their games at launch while Wii owners tend to buy them whenever they feel like. So even though people have the choice to wait for them getting cheaper, they still buy them on launch. HD developers couldn't survive if they'd do it the way Nintendo does.

So yes the business model of the HD twins is better for HD games.

 

This is absolutely ridiculous, and a total misunderstanding of the point i was tryin' to make: the "business model" i was talkin' about is created thanks to some ultra-expensive blockbusters with multi-million budgets, needing to sell at least one or two million copies at 60-70 euros/dollars as fast as they can...

Now, what's happening with Wii and people waiting, or not buying everything on day one, has absolutely nothing to do whith "the way Nintendo's doing": do you mean Nintendo send us letters, askin' us not to buy our games too fast? You must be kidding...

When you look at Wii sales, the most successful games (and even some "niche hits") have long tails and stay evergreen, and i don't see why this could be a problem for an industry funding tens and tens of multi-million projects: a very easy parallel could be done with the movies industry, where producers first get some money back from theater's tickets, and then, 6 months or one year later, get more incomes from the DVD sales, with these DVD's then sellin' for years...

If your "super extra-cool high-budget HD devs" can't wait for a few months to make their profits, then there's a financial problem on their side, but the problem is not due to the consumer (supposed to be king) and certainly not due to Nintendo...

And a final point: if they really did their business "the way Nintendo does", they would make billions, not millions... survival of the fittest, right?