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Roar_Of_War on 26 January 2012
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kowenicki said:
Seece said:
Why do analysts and the media in general always blame Nintendo's slow down on social gaming ect. Completely ignoring that 5/6 year old HD HW are having their best years, so no, social gaming clearly isn't having an affect on home consoles, it's just Wii experiencing the usual sales curve.


That doesnt explain the weak 3DS performance and the inevitable PSVita's poor sales performance

People on this forum really need to start to accept that other styles of gaming... mobile phones, pads and yes social gaming ARE going to have a massive impact on consoles.... particularly dedicated handhelds.

And now a raft of people will come and tell me that I am wrong... again.

Lets just wait and see how this year pans out shall we.

In the end, it honestly just comes down to games.

 

Nintendo's lack of strength overall signals to me Nintendo's incompetence with its newer games, rather than apple making them become obsolete. I'm not dissing games like 3D Land or Mario Kart 7, but they simply won't save the system. 3D Land will never be a hit on the level of Super Mario Brothers, and Mario Kart can't turn things around on its own like that, as I don't believe it has ever done so. Remakes like of old games isn't going to save them either (so why do they make them? Even OoT probably should have waited until the system was in a better place..it isn't the type of game to save a system either. Use your resources on something that brings in the proper cashflow first that you need to survive).

 

Overall, I think the blunt way of saying it is that they really just need to start making better games..then they will continue to be relevant inspite of whatever apple does. I'd like to see Nintendo release a Super Mario Brothers for the 3DS and Wii U so that they can showcase this. Honestly, these types of games are a priority. Nintendo's lack of making them is beyond insane.