Why Do You Like (and Dislike) Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft The Most?

[happydolphin]

logic56 said:

happydolphin said:

@dgc, I love "Always playing it safe". The Wii was surely a safe move, no risk at all

risk implies you have something to lose after gamecube how much did Nintendo have to lose

They had everything (the market) to lose.

Here is how Yamauchi put it in those days (2004 to 2006) - this is old so the links don't work anymore:

 The fate of Nintendo hinges on the DS

Quote:

- If the DS succeeds, we will rise to heaven, but if it fails we will sink to hell 
- The next two years will decide Nintendo's fate

[source: http://game-science.com/news/000406.html ]

Quote:

The DS represents a critical moment for Nintendo's success over the next two years, Yamauchi said -- "if it succeeds, we rise to the heavens, if it fails, we sink into hell."

[source: http://www.1up.com/article2/0,4364,1527048,00.asp ]

Quote:

"If we are unsuccessful with the Nintendo DS, we may not go bankrupt, but we will be crushed. The next two years will be a really crucial time for Nintendo."

[source: http://cube.ign.com/articles/492/492253p1.html ]




(I first found some of those articles mentioned in this thread: http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10290 )