Airaku said:
Soundwave said:
Nintendo makes the products they want, I've never seen them massively change a hardware product even after feedback (good or bad).
They didn't change the N64 due to cartridges/CD, they still released the Virtual Boy even after it got so-so reactions before release, the whole Wii U release, making the GameCube purple, etc. etc. etc.
They make very minor changes sometimes ... The GCN pad got the crappy small d-pad from the GBA added onto it, the Wii U got full analog sticks instead of the sliders, the N64 got the grey/colored button controller instead of the black/silver button Ultra 64 pad ... but I can't really think of too many more changes.
Nintendo gives zero fucks about product input once they've decided on a direction, lol.
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This is very true but how much longer can they keep doing that in this day in age and this economy? It's concerning to me as a fan.
.... Not that they give a fuck xD
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It's part of the company culture apparently, Japanese companies are in general fairly stubborn, but apparently Kyoto-based Japanese company culture is incredibly stubborn.
Once Nintendo internally chooses a direction for a product they generally will follow it right to the grave or all the way to success, but there's very little deviation in the course.
Initial reception to the NX won't phase Nintendo I doubt (though they may be feeling more nervous these days). They will just say "well no one understood the Famicom at first either! If we had listened to everyone we never would've made Donkey Kong!" or some other phrase.
