Smashchu2 said:
kitler53 said:
Smashchu2 said:
kerrak said:
Smashchu2 said:
Because Nintendo's game plan is to whipe Sony off the face of the map. I think that is quite relevant to Sony.
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Your analysis tools are outdated. Nintendo is the one facing high pressure competition right now and in the near future. They have already touched the ceiling, at least in market share terms.
Move and Natal are real threats for them. iPad iPhone and iWhatever are real threats. Facebook and social gaming are real threats too.
In order to whipe Sony (or MS) off the face of the map, tell me: what does Nintendo have prepared for the Halo/COD/Killzone crowd ? What do they have for the GT5/Forza crowd? What are graphic "horse" going to admire on Nintendo? What are the Sandbox GTA/RDR/Inf/AC crowd going to play on Nintendo? And what about those gamers looking for more cinematic experiences HR/AW/Uncharted/MGS? Talk me about the best WRPG on Nintendo: ME? DS? FO? Something to please this crowd? And what about the number 1 JRPG (in market terms) FF?
Face it, Nintendo's dominance is EXTREMELY BORING. They are a great company with a nice market share, but looking for the last 3 years to WiiSports WiiFit WiiSportsPlus WiiFitPlus SuperMarioThis SuperMarioThat every week in the top of the charts is not what i want to see as a gamer. Is this what you want?
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First off, Apple is not a threat to Nintendo. They aren't even in the same market. iPhone is a smartphone. I can play games, yes, but it is not bought for the same purpose as a DS. iPhones are bought to call people as well as preform other task. It is not a dedicated gaming device, thus, games are only an extra feature. There have been games on cell phone long before the DS, so I don't know why people think a phone is a threat to a gaming company now. The same goes for other "i" products.
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if it plays games it competes. hell, i took a two week trip to china and brough both my ds and my iphone. i played a lot of iphone games and never opened my ds. the part where my iphone was also my phone, gps, and smaller in size just made it a more convient device. i ended up not even buying a psp like i orginally intended because i relized the iphone is just waay too convienient. sorry bud...iphone is competing. maybe not dominating but it's there and it's stealing dollars away from other devices.
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PC play games, but we have never said that PCs are harming sales of consoles. People buy PCs for different reasons then they buy consoles. They also buy cell phones for different reasons. They are not compairable because the consumers doesn't go "Hmmm, should I buy a DS or a cell phone?" They would go "Do I want a X cell phone or an iPhone." They are different markets.
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of course PC games compete with consoles. when i was playing WoW i didn't buy a console game for 3 straight years. after i quit WoW i starting buying thousands of dollars worth of console games a year.
the real question is, i want to buy a game...where do i spend my money? don't confuse the ability to coexist with a lack of compitition.
