| nintendonitis said: Put yourself in the shoes of Nintendo for a second and you will understand what triumph and disaster really means. After being dethroned as the king of video gaming during the NES & SNES's reign wouldn't you be back on top of the competition again? For almost a decade Nintendo was used to owning most of the video game market. Don't tell me they didn't want to take it back because no company in its right mind doesn't want to be numero uno. Nintendo was always criticized for having monopolistic tendencies over their game developers ever since. They invested millions of dollars with that goal in mind but did they hit their goal?where did they end up with the Gamecube? Nintendo with the N64 & Gamecube tried to fight fire with fire as being the most powerful & expensive consoles of their generation. But they went against their own claim with the NES & SNES: "the more powerfur and expensive consore doesnt arways win." History also proves that theory. And what did these consoles had something new to offer compared to CDROM, DVDROM, HDD, Camera etc? CDROM was way more cheaper than cartridges & the Gecko processor was way mor expensive than the overly hyped but cheaper Emotion Engine etc. etc. The good thing is Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii. The hardway, hell yes! And Nintendo's success and revenge couldn't have been sweeter if it weren't for its past history. Relatively, Microsoft Xbox is considered a success bieng a newbie entering the business at the heat of intense competition. That's 4 consoles mind you instead of the usual 3. Nintendo and Sega were seasoned veterans in console hardware manufacturing business compared to Microsoft. Xbox was the underdog and darkhorse of video gaming at that time. Microsoft Xbox's goal as Bill iconically stated, " Our goal is just to get in the game." And the hell they did meet their goal and even Sony or Nintendo will agree with me that its a success story in video game history. |
You do know that the Gamecube and N64 were actually much cheaper than the competition when they launched. The N64 was $250 when the PS1 was $300 and the Gamecube launched at $199 when the PS2 and the Xbox (which was more powerful, btw) were $300.
I'm just saying.
