@DTG
You said that Nintendo's business direction was sensible from a stockholders point of view.
That is all it has to be. If it did not sell -- and Mario Sluggers was a million seller on the Gamecube even though it was released late in the system's life -- then it would not make money and the stockholders would not be happy. That's business.
You might not like the Mario sports model. But I prefer it to the EA/2K model where you shell out full price each year for basically new rosters and the addition of a useless feature or a minor (and sometimes irritating) tweak. Also, in this age of multi-million dollar budgets, all software companies are using spinoffs and sequels to ensure success. So if you are going to be critical of Nintendo, be sure to do it to just about everyone else as well.
Mike from Morgantown
PS -- How about a rail against Sony's GT5 Prologue. A $40 demo of a sequel.
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