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noname2200 on 16 August 2008
RolStoppable said:
1. Sales for Nintendo's console at this point would be less than 10m.

2. The sales of the 360 and PS3 would be the same or less to what they are now. No successful Nintendo console would have meant that the HD consoles would have maintained higher price points.

3. The Nintendo console would have received (delayed and/or poor) ports of some 360/PS3 games, but only of those games that were struggling on the HD twins. There wouldn't have been ports of the big games like GTA IV, Resident Evil 5 and Devil May Cry 4. Nintendo's console would have lived primarly on 1st party games, just like their previous two systems.

4. The whole industry would be struggling to make profits as the DS would be the only new system with good oppurtunities to make profitable games and the PS2 would have seen even longer 3rd party support.

5. The PS2 would have sold better during the last two years and with 3rd parties having to rely on the system to make money, the PS2 would have had an even longer lifespan, possibly outliving one or more of the current gen consoles.

6. Total sales of 7th gen consoles would have fallen clearly short of total sales of 6th gen consoles, the home console market would have shrinked.

7. Nintendo would have thought up a solution how to stop further gamer drift and revitalize the industry with their 8th gen system, because videogames are Nintendo's only business.

All of these, save for number seven, would be guaranteed. Also...

Xen said:

Nintendo would be screwed royally.

Fairly or not, Xen is correct.

 



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Dgc1808 on 16 August 2008
chasmatic12 said:
3rd place.

 

This...



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Ike on 16 August 2008

I think gaming wouldn't be as populair as it is right now.



Flash on 16 August 2008

Gamecube 2.



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Exblackman on 16 August 2008

A question for you guys. Would nintendo still be in third place in your opinions if they came out with a HD console but still had the Wii Remote.?



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deathcape on 16 August 2008
RolStoppable said:
1. Sales for Nintendo's console at this point would be less than 10m.

2. The sales of the 360 and PS3 would be the same or less to what they are now. No successful Nintendo console would have meant that the HD consoles would have maintained higher price points.

3. The Nintendo console would have received (delayed and/or poor) ports of some 360/PS3 games, but only of those games that were struggling on the HD twins. There wouldn't have been ports of the big games like GTA IV, Resident Evil 5 and Devil May Cry 4. Nintendo's console would have lived primarly on 1st party games, just like their previous two systems.

4. The whole industry would be struggling to make profits as the DS would be the only new system with good oppurtunities to make profitable games and the PS2 would have seen even longer 3rd party support.

5. The PS2 would have sold better during the last two years and with 3rd parties having to rely on the system to make money, the PS2 would have had an even longer lifespan, possibly outliving one or more of the current gen consoles.

6. Total sales of 7th gen consoles would have fallen clearly short of total sales of 6th gen consoles, the home console market would have shrinked.

7. Nintendo would have thought up a solution how to stop further gamer drift and revitalize the industry with their 8th gen system, because videogames are Nintendo's only business.

 

I agree...Rol should've made this thread..you make the most sense of all..no joking



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chenguo4 on 16 August 2008

It'd be just like the Gamecube, but with better graphics.

Come to think of it, that wouldn't be too bad really.




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Soma on 16 August 2008

A new company would had entered, disrupted the marketplace and screw Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.



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Kyros on 16 August 2008

It would have been the Gamecube2, the Nintendo franchises would have kept it from failing completely but Microsoft's connection to PC developers and software development and networking experience and Sony's media experience and brand name would have mitigated it to the sidelines.



thekitchensink on 16 August 2008

Microsoft would be in first place, and still to this day have double what the PS3 has, at least. My reason for this is that it would have most likely been the 'cheap' console that anyone who just wants 'a new game console' would buy, it would have the most appeal in the US (assuming Sony's strategy didn't get altered as well), and it would have all the 'fun' little games as well as the big, bad shooters. This would snowball into far more thid-party support, and it would continue until the 360 sold 80 million or so.

Sony and Nintendo would be duking it out, with probably a slight win for Sony since they would have third-party support.



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