8th April 2003, 4:12 PM
Quote:Nintendo is trying to dig itself out of it's own grave.
I'd say they sort of are trying to, but the only result is a deeper and deeper grave... because their efforts aren't exactly done as well as they could be...
Quote:Not a commercial break goes by anymore it seems without seeing that big green X or being asked to "Live in your world, play in ours". When a big name game comes out, Nintendo will advertise it. Slightly. Enough to amuse thoe die-hards that already know it coming out, but not enough to catch prospective buyers.
Nintendo has money. If they used that money. they could easily fight their way to the top again.
Definitely. Nintendo needs several orders of magnitude more ads... and a new ad agency to make them. Their current ads are ... underwhelming ...
Quote:2. Support the same or better optical format that Sony and MS will use, which will most likely be blue-laser DVDs. Don't be at a six GB disadvantage again.
No. If they do, the NGC will be pirated within months just like the PS2 and X-Box were... I don't want the size difference, but they MUST do something physical to stop piracy or it'll be like those consoles where anyone with a DVD burner can play nearly free games... mini-disks aren't exactly common...
Quote: Rare did carry the N64, but they're nowhere near as important to Nintendo now as they were during the N64 days. If it weren't for Rare then there would have been only one, maybe two big releases per year. Now we get seven big Nintendo first and second-party games every year, so it's not a huge loss. But that's not what this thread is for.
I disagree. On the N64 Rare took a while to build up steam (in the first year we just got Blast Corps and KI Gold... good games, but not system-sellers or technical showpieces...). I'm sure the same would have happened with the Cube... and even though Nintendo does have more first/second party games now, the loss of Rare is very huge. With Rare they'd have several more AAA games a year... which would help a LOT.
How well would the N64 have done with no Rare? Do you think it'd have even been relevant by early 2000?
Quote:1. Make a more mature-looking console and try to completely wipe away Nintendo's "kiddy" public image. No more purple consoles, no more lunchbox handles. And make sure to have DVD playback support.
Good idea. Though the DVD playback support isn't needed (gaming focus isn't a bad thing...), a more 'mature' looking console would be good... and no "Star Cube"! :D
Quote:3. Launch with at least three AAA games, even if that means canceling some Gamecube titles and moving them to the N2004/2005 launch. Have a new Mario platformer, a great new racing game like Wave Race or F-Zero, and a new Smash Bros. title at launch. Nintendo is the best game developer in the world, and they better come out the gate guns blazing. Sony and MS cannot do that. Capcom canceling RE4 in favor of a N2004 launch might be a good idea as well, since their RE exclusivity ends after RE4.
I don't know... they need to keep the Cube running well to keep people's intrest in Nintendo... the Cube had a big disadvantage with how when it came out there hadn't been a N64 game in 4 or 5 months and hadn't been a big N64 release in almost a year (Paper Mario)... but several launch AAA games is a must.
Though to me Rogue Leader was a sure launch system seller... :)
Quote:6. MS showed that having a built-in modem and HDD is necessary, especially for online titles. And they better have some sort of online model available at or soon after launch.
Absolutely. This is vital... but I don't expect it since Nintendo is so stupid on this subject...