Nintendo sucks

[Private Hudson]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Capcom vs SNK 2 and Star Wars Clone Wars.

Pfft, those games weren't brought up in this thread :p

And where are you getting sales numbers for these games from? I'd be curious to see them. I don't think either sold well enough to make any sort of charts.

Then how can you POSSIBLY defend Nintnedo????

Well, I'm not really. I'd love to see online play on the GCN.

True, it wouldn't be a massive success and suddenly put Nintendo well ahead in second.

But if Nintendo expects to have any hardcore gamers intrested in their next console, they HAVE TO START TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE! Hardcore gamere aren't many in number, but buy lots of games... Nintendo ignores them at their own peril (because admittedly on consoles online isn't mainstream yet, unlike PC)...

And without online that will never happen, and they'll just continue to drive away the few hardcore fans they have left. Not a good idea.

Well, perhaps online play on the GCN would be an investment for their next console (ala XBox Live!). Hopefully, they'll be able to include it in their next console and achieve success with it. Despite not having previous experience with it.

But that's basically what Nintendo have said in the article in question. They don't see any profit in it, so don't have any plans for online inclusion with their consoles for the next couple of years before they will reassess their judgment (approximately around the same time as the next generation is released).

Oh, online on all 3 consoles is probably the only way to try to push it into the mainstream, as well... and until its in the mainstream it won't be as popular and Nintendo will ignore it. Hmm... not a good circle there, I think...

Well, to be mainstream, I think perhaps it (online) would also have to be a couple of things;
1) Included with the console - no addons
2) Not charge a subscription.

Until then it's probably going to be relagated to hardcore gamers only.

And Mario Kart Online would do better than you think.

Mario Kart Online would sell incredibly well.

Coincidentally Mario Kart offline will sell incredibly well..... :)