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HappySqurriel on 08 June 2008
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Munkeh111 said:
Sky Render said:
So essentially, Munkeh, you're banking on 1.) Nintendo not being able to design any more good games for the Wii, 2.) normal people spontaneously caring about HD even though most do not, and 3.) Nintendo totally abandoning their blue ocean strategy and their disruption to go back to compete in the red ocean of the existing console market, even though last time they were in a red ocean market, they almost got knocked out of business. Your reasoning baffles me, as it conflicts with reality on every significant point.

 I thought that SSB and MK had only been released once each gen, and these are the most popular nintendo games

While people do not care about HD so much at the moment, they will more in the future. You say that I expect people to spontaneously care about it, but I am sugggesting this wil happen in like 3 and a half years, that is very different to spontaneously. They will still be different, but more technological improvements, I don't see why they would not introduce HD. I am not suggesting they use something like the cell or equivalent, but a slightly more powerful console to allow the devs to do more. What I am saying is that they do not have to that much to get people to buy a wii 2, so why would they not do it.


Why do you assume that Nintendo can't make new franchises which are highly successful?

Right now, Nintendo is at their prime for creating new games that have a massive appeal being that in the past couple of years they have come up with Nintendogs, Brain Training, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit; they have also been unusually successful at bringing older (less successful) series to new levels of popularity with games like Animal Crossing: Wild World, Mario Party 8, and all of the games on the Wii which have outsold their Gamecube counterparts even though they have been on the market for a fraction of the time.

At this point in time I think it would be foolish to assume that Nintendo couldn't make a 5 to 10 Million selling game out of franchises like Donkey Kong, Star Fox (Adventures), Pikmin, Kid Icarus or Pokemon; I think it is also amazingly foolish to assume that Nintendo couldn't come up with new franchises that will sell in the 5 to 10 Million range; and I also think it is foolish to assume that Nintendo won't release a new Mario Platformer, Legend of Zelda game or find a way to appeal to Mario Kart fans with either a new Mario Kart or Diddy Kong Racing title.