Damn, the Gamecube is getting bitch-slapped by both Sony AND Microsoft

[Private Hudson]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Hudson... you just don't seem to get it... Nintendo will not ever have 4 times more games coming out than they already do!/quote]

I know they wont, and that's their problem.

[quote] Umm... I see no possible way that in the real world that could ever happen... its just so unrealistic that it is completely absurd.

They have 6-8 billions dollars in the bank, it seems pretty realistic to me.

As is the idea that doing that could get them bigger market share...

How would it not help sell their console? Having more games is a BAD thing? It would get them a much bigger market share, particularly in the future. They can't rely on 3rd parties making all their good games, because that's not what people are buying (on the GCN at least). Having their own, clearly definable lineup is the way they need to go, because of this.

Nope, I agreed with OB1. He said that Nintendo needs more second parties... I agreed... but the extent you seem to want would not do anything except hurt them... since it just wouldn't work.

Well, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Perhaps they would spend the money, and not make it back. It certainly didn't help Sega, although they were in a stronger position with the DC than most thought they would be, despite having lost almost all consumer confidence with their previous efforts. Nintendo still has that confidence, and that mindshare, and I think it could be successful.

Oh... and as for Sega vs Nintendo, in many ways Nintendo is definitely doing better... Dreamcast did have great games, but it was buried so badly at the end of the first year by the PS2 that by that point its death was just a matter of time... Nintendo is surviving with two other consoles...

I know, and kudos to the big N for hanging in there. It's a shame that the DC died, despite having such a brilliant lineup of games.

And why should Nintendo make sports games? They have in the past, remember, and they're usually not nearly as good as Sega's or EA's sports games...

Sports games were just an example of how they should expand. They don't necessarily have to do it. But I don't think it could hurt. As long as they are better than 989's sports titles ;)