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Soundwave on 23 March 2015
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Ka-pi96 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
melbye said:
Nintendo should learn by now that gamers don't want new things, they want the same old with better graphics

Gamers do want new things, but by taking constant risk you're risking them. Use the standard console as a base and use peripherals just like the SNES and NES did. 

Agree. Worked well for Microsoft where they had a good console and the Kinect as an optional add on. They both did well. Try and force something on people that they don't want and it doesn't go so well (ie. Xbox One with mandatory Kinect).

Its why Nintendo won their first two gens, why Sony almost always wins and why Microsoft posed a threat.


Yeah but in those days Nintendo *was* the Playstation of their time. They didn't have to compete with the Playstation or XBox brands, if they did who knows, maybe they would've lost those generations too. 

It's pretty different when Sega is your main competetion. The industry in the 80s/90s was still very tilted towards the industry being mostly for kids too which benefitted Nintendo's stable of cartoon mascot IPs. 

I think Nintendo just gave up with this approach. Wouldn't be surprised if Yamauchi's dying commands to Iwata were expressly NOT to do the same thing MS and Sony do. Iwata has said this many, many (many) times in interviews, maybe it's time people actually let it sink in. Nintendo DOES NOT want to make traditional home consoles. They've said it like 50 different times in 50 different ways, and are saying it again about this NX platform, yet people still cling to that fantasy. 

Like seriously the level of cognitive dissonance is getting almost funny

Iwata: "Normal consoles are boring. Expect something different from us"

Nintendo Fan On Internet: "So this is going to be a PS4 killer right?"