22nd September 2003, 7:02 PM
Quote:Whaaa?? Why do you think so many flocked to the PSX??
That was NON-SERIOUS. Read it again... I said that the GBA has lots of RPGs and thus it has a larger audience of older gamers than just Nintendo fans!
... they just need to like 2d gaming.
I thought that that comment was pretty clear...
Quote:I'm looking at this from a very unbiased and realistic viewpoint. Perhaps a tad bit pessimistic, but this is Nintendo we're talking about.
Tad bit? Even for Nintendo you're looking on the blackest side of the bad end...
Quote:I don't think it's about not caring, just that Nintendo is like a grumpy old man who thinks that his way is the only way and refuses to change with the times.
They need to wake up and realize that doing things for maximum short-term profits isn't always the best way to go.
Quote:Wasn't Iwata supposed to change all of this? They need new blood at NOA since they're the ones that decide which games get brought over here (I think).
Somewhat, I think he has... but he's still a long-term Nintendo man...
Quote:Nah, it didn't take long for Nintendo to catch up with Sega and eventually get ahead of them.
I'm pretty sure that it was longer than you think.
Quote:The GC is more powerful than the PS2 and for a long time the GC had the best-looking games out of all three systems, yet it didn't help Nintendo. It's all about hype and marketing.
Well yeah, but the PSP to GBA graphical difference is a bit bigger than GC to PS2... :)
Quote:Well parents bought their kids PS2s which was $300. And who says that people will switch from cell phones to PSPs? What I said before was that portable electronics are very popular amongst adults.
Sure, but at that time any consoles they had already were pretty old and dying... which is different from the situation with the GB... and remember, people view portables as something that should be cheaper. Because so far they have been...
Oh, and I said that because if you are going to say adults like portable electronic games then you are saying that they'll go to playing consoles instead of games on other things... which isn't as obvious a jump for people to make (quickly, for sure) as you imply.
Quote:That's a perfect amount of buttons for a handheld. Not many PSX/PS2 games use all of the buttons so it shouldn't be difficult to get around. And perhaps it will discourage non-stop porting, which is a good thing.
Yeah, I think its a good number of buttons too. Just interesting that after Nintendo gets bashed for leaving 2 buttons off the GBA Sony leaves even more off their system, that's all... though I do think that it doesn't really need more than 8 or so.