'Nintendo could be on a path to irrelevance', says Atari founder

[Euphoria14]

snyps said:

Euphoria14 said:

snyps said:

No.. No.. I'm not telling you that. I'm saying Nintendo as a company in the whole industry.  As per the op, bushnell is referring to handhelds too.

I don't know what world you lived in, but from about 1995-2005 Nintendo was NOT King. Yeah, their handheld sold good (with little to no competition mind you) but in the home console market they didn't account for much. In that market Sony was King.

I live in this world. The one where Nintendo is no. 1 in the game industry. 30 years, King of the hill. You wanna talk about irrelevance, having the largest marketshare/revenue but the lowest profits. That's the path to irrelevance. You wanna worry about someone, worry about PS & XBOX. They're unsustainable. If they're unprofitable again this gen, their games division is "GAME OVER".

That's fine, believe whatever you want. All I know is that from around 1995-2005 nobody cared about Nintendo 64 or Gamecube and everyone was buying a PS1 or a PS2 and a billions games.

Yeah, profits are nice, but in those years profits did not make Nintendo relevant in the eyes of the consumer, which believe it or not are the people who decide who is king in the gaming space. A King decides the way the kingdom moves forward. Nintendo with their N64 and Gamecube did NOT do that. The people obey and serve a king. The people give gifts to their king. Last I checked all the gifts (games) weren't given to Nintendo. Last I checked the people (3rd parties) did not obey and serve Nintendo.

My world showed me that that PS1 and PS2 reigned supreme over the Gamecube and N64. More games, more sales, more consumer mindshare, etc... Ask anyone what company was king in those years and I bet 9/10 will tell you they played on a Sony console.

Let's think about this. N64 (32.93M). PS1 (104.25M). Gamecube (21.74M). PS2 (157.68M). Yup, Nintendo was King alright! Clearly the people have decided!

 

What is the name of your world? Surely isn wasn't called Earth right?