Is Gamecube in peril?
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Well, according to one analyst anyway. 
Yeah. I love Nintendo, I support them almost no matter what.. but things seem to have gone awry in th' Mushroom Kingdom.
Nintendo's making a lot of small mistakes (mostly with GameCube and 3rd-party relations) that could lead to big disaster if things don't get better. One primary thing I'd like them to change is their stance on profit.. *cough*
Nintendo's making a lot of small mistakes (mostly with GameCube and 3rd-party relations) that could lead to big disaster if things don't get better. One primary thing I'd like them to change is their stance on profit.. *cough*
Well, to be honest, while profit is nice and all, its always better to structure for the future and be willing to lose a bit at first in order to gain in the end.
Nintendo made pure profit from the beginning of the Gamecube launch while Sony lost a lot during its respective launch.
Which has made more profit over the long run though?
Nintendo made pure profit from the beginning of the Gamecube launch while Sony lost a lot during its respective launch.
Which has made more profit over the long run though?
Profits nice, but at the expense of the consumers. I really don't get some people who whistle away, "gee, I'm more or less getting screwed with suchandsuch product, but its ok, THEY'RE MAKING A PROFIT OFF ME! YAaaaAyy~~!".
Um, no. I thought bending over backwards for the consumer's dollar was the #1 rule of the free market?
Um, no. I thought bending over backwards for the consumer's dollar was the #1 rule of the free market?
Almasy said:PC-Engine said:
I have one, and I´m not. So as of now it´s 10 000 001 - 1 happy owners.
there are owners of both the ps2 and xbox that are not happy either. Whats your ponit . You can make some of the people happy some of the time but you can never make all of the people happy all of the time
if you think the gba player is too expensive, don't buy one...
don't you know that accessories are generally overpriced on every plateform ?
i prefer a company like nintendo that makes fair profit with their products while being fair with the consumers.
rather than a company dumping their console products on the expense of (locked) customers of their other products they're ripping off.
which of these business is honest business ?
what i wouldn't like is microsoft driving nintendo out of the market using their cash-cow powered economicall strength. (flooding the market w/ highly underpriced products nintendo couldn't compete w/)
fortunately, it didn't happen.
don't you know that accessories are generally overpriced on every plateform ?
i prefer a company like nintendo that makes fair profit with their products while being fair with the consumers.
rather than a company dumping their console products on the expense of (locked) customers of their other products they're ripping off.
which of these business is honest business ?
what i wouldn't like is microsoft driving nintendo out of the market using their cash-cow powered economicall strength. (flooding the market w/ highly underpriced products nintendo couldn't compete w/)
fortunately, it didn't happen.
I have a GameCube and I love it (so far) but Nintendo shouldn't be so focused on profit that they start to ignore their user-base. That's how they're going to lose in the end, if anything. If they want to remain viable in the home console market, they have to get more exclusive.. high-end.. 3rd-party games. Things like MGS and Final Fantasy are a good start, but Nintendo should start paying publishers/developers to make polished software for GameCube.
Maybe once the ball is really rolling in such a manner, and 3rd-parties are actually making good games for GameCube on a consistent basis.. Nintendo could stop cheating with their war chest like Microsoft did/does. Personally, I think that 3rd-party games have sold poorly.. and ports have mostly sucked. Nintendo could fix this by giving 3rd-parties a distinct advantage (vs MS/Sony) in licensing and by helping finance high-profile games from such developers, like I said.
Nintendo's 1st-party software situation is fine, IMO.. although they could use some more money in there too.
Maybe once the ball is really rolling in such a manner, and 3rd-parties are actually making good games for GameCube on a consistent basis.. Nintendo could stop cheating with their war chest like Microsoft did/does. Personally, I think that 3rd-party games have sold poorly.. and ports have mostly sucked. Nintendo could fix this by giving 3rd-parties a distinct advantage (vs MS/Sony) in licensing and by helping finance high-profile games from such developers, like I said.
Nintendo's 1st-party software situation is fine, IMO.. although they could use some more money in there too.
jvd said:Almasy said:PC-Engine said:
I have one, and I´m not. So as of now it´s 10 000 001 - 1 happy owners.
there are owners of both the ps2 and xbox that are not happy either. Whats your ponit . You can make some of the people happy some of the time but you can never make all of the people happy all of the time
Hehe, that´s pretty much the point I was trying to make.
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