29th April 2009, 7:02 AM
Quote:Why Nintendo hasn't completely died out Sure, Playstation has totally and completely humiliated Nintendo by showing them what a real system is, but Nintendo has not completely dies out... yet... For one thing, they still market the hell outof Pokemon. This and this alone is what kept Nintendo from meeting the fate of Atari, becasue they were in some serious trouble. Milk it for all it's worth, until it's dry. Once Pokemon goes the way of Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles, Nintendo will likely bow out of the games business. The other reason, the reason why N64 didn't suffer the way Sega did, beasue Nintendo is riding on the coattails of it's past. The glory days when every kid and his brother owned Nintendo products, when they owned the market. The days when games lived or died on gameplay, the times when Zelda and Mario Brothers and Metroid were the biggiest names in videogames. But today, to milk it, Nintendo no longer puts the same level of quality in thier games. Now all that matters is that the game looks pretty, to hell with gameplay. You don't see Sony doing that. Every month, we are treated to new experiences in gameplay. Now that Playstation2 is coming in little more than a month, and Nintendo's Dolphin coming out God know when, if ever, Nintendo certainly lives on borrowed time.