^haha, yeah it would have been crappy because imho Sony and Sega bring more to the industry than MS does. But still, MS does give alot to the industry so I'm a little divided. :$
| maxnyc said:
1)The video does say that in so many words- "will this be nintendos last christmas?" You said going out of business. You do realize Nintendo made Hanafuda cards before becoming a console manufacturer? Also, they could become 3rd party like SEGA. Regardless, if you meant Nintendo dropping out of the console business, my point about Nintendo surviving thanks to its portables (especially pokemon) still stands. 2)Yes, Sega dropping out has very much to do with today. Sega made good games, but ultimately went out because of poor business decisions. You could say that both microsoft & sony make fairly poor business decisions- sony is bleeding money & failing meserably with the vita, and microsoft has the "let's just throw money at it" business model, do you think they'll be ok with taking a huge loss on their 720 (like they did with the 360). Bad business practice 101. Sony and MS are making bad decisions today, but what about during the PS1 & PS2 days. Sony weren't. So this is an irrelevant point. Their mistakes of today don't dictate their entire history. Otherwise, you fail on analyzing Nintendo. They make mistakes non-stop. 3)Sony picked up where Nintendo brought them. They had a partnership which fell through, but it makes you wonder how much sony learned from nintendo when then created their system. There's no knocking the success of playstation 1 & 2. But the advancements of cds, and then dvds, both played a huge role in sonys success. Nintendo's gameboy line did help through difficult periods, but they still turned profits and sold millions of home consoles over that period. They weren't even close to being "out of the game". Sony's partnership with Nintendo was a temporary thing, and yes they learned alot, but Sony pulled the rest off by themselves. To topple an industry leader is no easy feat, don't be silly. Regardless, the argument still stands that Nintendo nearly was booted out of the console space as a manufacturer. 4)This i pretty much agree with, except your definition of "core". There are many "core" experiences on the wii, but the lack of several AAA 3rd party titles was terrible for nintendo. In this way, they really have to come correct with wii U. That being said, Nintendo is still the most innovative & sustainable of the 3 current players in the video game wars. The most innovative I beg to differ, but the one that offers the greatest entertainment value, I can agree. That's their bread and butter, and (to tie into OP) that's their saving grace, what helped them weather through all the storms. What a wondrous history they have and shared with us, really a tale of legends. |
