| Soundwave said:
It's time Nintendo gets its head out of the clouds and realize they're not only in a boxing fight, they're getting their head punched in, and if they don't start swinging back and fighting smart, they are going to get their ass knocked out. Also I think Nintendo is going to have to accept a painful truth ... the "family console" market doesn't exist in 2015 the way it did in 1985 or 1995. The console market of today is 95% based in North America and Europe (not 50% in Japan) and they are largely purchased either by A) Grown adults or B) Kids who don't want to play Mario Kart but desperately want GTAV for social acceptance in their peer group. That's just the reality of it. If Nintendo had some firm lock on the kids console market, they would not be in the situation they are in right now. Indie developers aren't going to save Nintendo either because they basically put their games on every console, so that's not a savior for them. It's time also that more sane people within Nintendo's leadership structure *stepped up* and started making sane decisions in touch with the reality of the market today. Stop living in the 80s/90s. Miyamoto is a brilliant game designer, but he needs to be kept the fuck away from making hardware decisions. You don't let Willy Wonka run the accounting and business side of the chocolate factory. |
This, a million times this.
The longer Nintendo insists on chasing this extinct dream of a late 80s/early 90s market in 2016, the more they will suffer.
Whether they like it or not, they are in competition with Playstation and Xbox, and they are getting slaughtered. There is nowhere left for them to retreat to, they either take a stand, or they keep running and die tired.
"Unique" hardware and a lineup consisting primarily of E-rated cartoon games just don't cut it in today's market. Nintendo must adapt.
I know fans don't want to hear this, but it's the truth.
