| mike_intellivision said: @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. |
That may be business but from a gamers point of view I could care less about Nintendo's stockholders. What I care about is the product they deliver to me and whether or not it is profitable doesn't in itself validate my purchase -rather the games value does. The investment that goes into these titles does not justify a price tag on par with titles such as Galaxy or TP.
Also the age of multi million dollar budget effects MS and Sony more than it does Nintendo considering games for HD systems cost multiple times more to develop.
I am critical about Sony and MS and especially the abundance of cookie cutter FPS games being churned out at the rate of pop soda however this thread pertains to Nintendo and it would be besides the point to drag others into this debate.
