What would you do if Nintendo bit the dust?

[TruckOSaurus]

brendude13 said:

TruckOSaurus said:

brendude13 said:
I know some of you aren't going to like me saying this, but I would be happy if Nintendo dissapeared, out of spite.

As much as I liked the NES and the SNES and the fact that gaming would barely exist today if it weren't for Nintendo, their recent consoles, games and practices are completely tarnishing their brand.

They barely release any good games and they obsessively milk all of their franchises, most of which are now decades old(1). Their hardware is last generation but with a current gen price and it usually sports some gimmick that developers like to abuse. They also like to blank their hardcore followers and treat them like crap, the perfect example being "operation rainfall".

All Nintendo want is to make the maximum amount of money with the minimum amount of effort possible.(2)

As much as I liked the old Nintendo, I was laughing while I was watching Nintendo's E3 and how poor the Wii U reveal was, not to mention the poor sales of the 3DS. Nintendo shot themselves in the foot, if they don't learn from their mistakes and they keep trying to grab money from the gullible "family" audience, then I couldn't be happier to see them disappear.

1) What wrong with decade old franchises? Do franchises have a maximum life expectancy?

2) I would argue that Sony and Microsoft are the ones who took the easy way out.

Sony guy 1: "Hey, we have to make our next gen console, what should we do?"

Sony guy 2: "The same thing everyone always does make it bigger and stronger"

Sony guy 1: "Yeah let's do that"

1) Yes, they do have a life expectancy, they also have a limit to how many variations of the same game can be released. I appreciate what they did with Mario Galaxy, that game was just pure fun and innovation, but other franchises have been milked to death. It's the same thing every time, it wouldn't be so bad if they didn't do it to every franchise they have (which is quite a lot).

2) On some level you are right, they both decided to flood the market with repetitive FPS's (this was more-so third party devs though, which is the same case with Nintendo). There is still more than enough variety for me, RPG, action, adventure. While I do miss and prefer the Japanese games of the past generations, I applaud Western developers for what they have came out with this generation on the PS3 / XBOX 360. You are still wrong though, Nintendo were the ones to take the easy way out.

Nothing wrong with making a console bigger and stronger either, at least you get what you pay for, rather than half of it. When it comes to hardware, the only evolution I need is in graphics. At least Sony and Microsoft innovate and deliver in the software department, features, services, and most importantly games.

1) Franchises can be revitalized, revived. Take Donkey Kong for example, nobody would have thought that character could possibly be relevant again before the release of Donkey Kong Country. Or take the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear Solid revived a franchise that was so very dead for many years.

2) It's easier to do the same thing you've always done than to think up something new.