N64 vs Wii U

[KungKras]

padib said:

KungKras said:

The thing is, that up until the N64, Nintendo had an aura of invincibility.

The N64 didn't just lose Nintendo marketshare, it gave rise to two powerful competitors that would never have risen if the N64 didn't make the blunders it made.

To be perfectly honest, Nintendo would have done just fine even with cartridges had it not been bitten in its achilles' heel: its stanglehold on 3rd parties.

It's what made them great, and tore them down.

Because there are good chances that companies like Capcom, Square and Konami would've kept a good relationship with Nintendo if it weren't for their already sprouted resentment against the manufacturer that made them great.

Thank heavens that's all changed now. As they say, leave luck to heaven.

But yeah I  wouldn't fault the N64 it was awesome hardware that Nintendo did great things with.

And let's be perfectly fair, Nintendo wanted to go with CDs. Remember they worked on a Nintendo Playstation with Sony. But you know, greed made things go sour, Sony wanted to make Nintendo their bitch.

Well, as you can see today Nintendo is still standing strong on their feet, they are leaders in the industry and did the right thing to back off. Perhaps they did not need to do it so drastically, but they felt threatened, like they were being pulled a fast one.

You might even say Sony is to blame for having put in the contract something Nintendo was never comfortable with in the first place. Those kind of things are discussed clearly in person before being put on paper.

Royalties, everybody knows that's a fundamental point and needed to be crystal clear.

Trusting Sony was a big mistake indeed.