12th December 2004, 11:46 AM
Nintendo maybe off to a great start, but they have some major problems that is going to put a real pitfall in their momentum. First the PSP will come out, and when people are given the alternative of playing Nintendo vs Sony, they'll choose Sony because its mainstream and Nintendo is no longer the only option. 2ndly, Nintendo doesn't have much that Sony doesn't offer. The 2 screens help, but you can make games without it, and quite obviously, just about every mainstream title series is getting some kind of PSP version while the DS is going to be experiencing a VERY LONG DROUGHT of any kind of game worth playing. The PSP's WiFi system is working NOW with games that use it. You can't even use the Wifi and online system on the DS without cheating by using tunneling.... now how many people are going to take the effort to do that let alone know about that work around ?
Poor strategy ? Maybe its a mix of conservative and radical, but thats what makes it a half seasoned strategy. Not too raw to fail, but not aggressive enough to succeed in the long run. Its like letting the enemy encroach on all your vital territory before mobilizing your army. No matter how big it is, you're in a lot of shit. Nintendo is in a lot of shit. This turf is their last battleground. Somehow I am seeing Nintendo moving to developing PC games, as Mr. Miyamoto once hinted if Nintendo failed at consoles, in another decade.
Poor strategy ? Maybe its a mix of conservative and radical, but thats what makes it a half seasoned strategy. Not too raw to fail, but not aggressive enough to succeed in the long run. Its like letting the enemy encroach on all your vital territory before mobilizing your army. No matter how big it is, you're in a lot of shit. Nintendo is in a lot of shit. This turf is their last battleground. Somehow I am seeing Nintendo moving to developing PC games, as Mr. Miyamoto once hinted if Nintendo failed at consoles, in another decade.