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c0rd on 18 September 2010
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Seece said:
Metallicube said:

You've just proved my point even further as to why Nintendo wants to avoid the red ocean. When they get in the red ocean with the bigger companies, Sony and MS, and try to beat them at their own game so to speak, they always lose (N64 Gamecube, almost SNES). What they excel in is going their own direction (NES, Wii), which is why they won't allow themselves to be caught up in that again.

I don't see how you gathered from my post that Nintendo was always dominant... Quite the opposite.

Your whole post just stinks of spin. Nintendo had no choice but to do the Wii, if they did a core console they'd have likely done worse than the Gamecube. Correct me if I have this wrong, but you seem to think Nintendo live and breath innovation? Where was that inovation during the Gamecube era, or when the PS1 beat whatever console was up against it?

You just speak like you think Nintendo have owned the gaming scene since they entered, they havn't, they're capable of faltering again and at some point will. They have the least loyal audience this gen despite having the largest userbase, and unless they pull another Wii out of the bag again, they're in the most dangerous position.

Everyone, and you, seem to be so sure Nintendo have another Wii up their sleeve, and then again after that.

Hrm, you seem to have misunderstood his post. He basically said Nintendo has learned from the previous gens (SNES, N64, Gamecube), which is why they won't repeat the same mistakes. They've learned quite a bit from the success of the DS, Wii.

I don't know what the bold is supposed to mean, because if anything, they have the most loyal audience. I see complaints everywhere about how people only buy Nintendo games because of their name on the box.

As for another "Wii out of the bag," of course, there's no guarantee they'll pull one off. If any game company will, though, your best bet is on Nintendo. Even if they can't manage that by next gen, the Wii has been successful enough that a follow-up should do relatively well, assuming they don't completely screw things up.

edit: Whoops, this is way off topic. I blame Metallicube.

I agree with the poster below me, though. I know some fanboy-ish console fans myself, and they don't give a crap about these motion controls.