do you think nintendo will be entering next gen first ?

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Again, price does not matter

If price mattered the Gamecube would have won last gen, instead it came in third place being beaten out by a console that stopped production before it was even halfway done with it's lifecycle

The only thing that the Wii has going for it in the motion will wont be an advantage next gen. On top of that unless Nintendo starts to make friends in the entertainment field it wont have anything other then it's games.

Sony blew their lead because they introduced tech that the world was not ready to adopt as it's mainstream delivery device. It had nothing to do with price

Again, I don't understand why you and others think that price matters in gaming. It's an expernsive hobby that requres money all the time to keep it going.

Price is not an object for most

Sepewrath

Obviously price isn't the only factor but it wasn't a factor, why does the PS3 cost $299 now? hmm, oh no answer, I thought so, nuff said. Price is very important, extremely important, if the same PS3 or 360 came out at $250, we might be looking at a different race. Its not the only factor but your are massively unrealistic in your claims that its about as important as the color of the controllers. THAT is something thats not important to most people. People aren't going to pay $700 for a game console, simple as that, no matter what it features. And Nintendo does need to start putting Facebook and Netflix on thier console for it to succeed, I don't see anyone buying the 360 because they can go on Facebook.

Wrong again

The reason the PS3 lowered it's price is because they're losing the console war and spent time making the console 70% cheaper to produce

There were reports everywhere, are you just trying to avoid gaming news at this point?

Price does not matter, what matters is features and the motion was the way to lure customers to the console. Next gen they wont have the upper hand with motion.

It doesn't make sense to arrive first if you can't provide anything that distances itself from the current generation

Just as you were corrected about the Dreamcast and the PS2 it works perfectly in this case. The Dreamcast launched and didn't separate itself from the current gen, it wasn't until the PS2 arrived that one console started to distance itself because it brought something new to the generation

I hope it lasts a long time so i wont have to buy another console sooner

Wrong again

The reason the PS3 lowered it's price is because they're losing the console war and spent time making the console 70% cheaper to produce

There were reports everywhere, are you just trying to avoid gaming news at this point?

Price does not matter, what matters is features and the motion was the way to lure customers to the console. Next gen they wont have the upper hand with motion.

It doesn't make sense to arrive first if you can't provide anything that distances itself from the current generation

Just as you were corrected about the Dreamcast and the PS2 it works perfectly in this case. The Dreamcast launched and didn't separate itself from the current gen, it wasn't until the PS2 arrived that one console started to distance itself because it brought something new to the generation

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]I hope they stay on the down low until the other two release whatever it is they are going to release. I'd hate to see another one of Nintendo's ideas blatantly copied.nini200

well there is not much they can do about it,

i mean consoles would be stuck in the dark ages if nintendo didnt come up with the ideas and the others copied it,

or do we seriously belive sony will finally get creative and do something new lol

I seriously don't think Nintendo is gonna press the button instead its more likely to be Sony because they need to get their console out first.

I think it would be wise for Nintendo to strike first next round of consoles. They know that Microstoft and especially Sony are not going to release their consoles any time soon. Sony is going to want to make up their losses as much as they can. Theya re not going to want to ditch the PS3 this early for a PS4.

The wii's main weakness is it graphics. If Nintendo released a console 2 years from now it could make their weakness into a strength. The "new wii" would be competeing with 5 year old hardware... how hard would that be? It would be the most powerful console on the market. Who cares if Microsoft and Sony won that back with PS4 cuz the new wii would own that title for what? A good 1-2 years? That is plenty.

The wii's strength is its innovative controls. That could very well go bye bye this next coming generation. Sony and Microsoft have already showed interest in stealing Nintendo's idea. So that might not be too strong of a strength for Nintendo this next round.

I think this next round Nintendo will have to rely on graphical power while maintaing that the motion control is bext played on a Nintendo system. IMO what better way to do just this by striking first a year or maybe even 2 before Sony and Microsoft come out with something new. Take advantage of this prolonged current generation. If Nintendo announced a new system it would be HUGE news. Everyone would be looking at Nintendo.

One thing I have learned in my business classes is a company in the lead CAN NOT just sit their and enjoy their current success, because if you do that your competition WILL jump up and smack you in the face. When you get the lead you have to constantly be fighting and doing everything you can to maintain that lead in the future. Always prepare for the future.

Oh and btw Nintendo is well equipped to have an early release with their exclusives Mario and Zelda. Those games are plenty enough to sell a new system for 1-2 years before Microsoft and Sony release a new system and until 3rd party developers jump on board.

whatever it is itll have to be super compatible with the wii, which kinda limits what they can dobobbywinters

hmm thats so true, so its possible we might not see major graphic improvement. ah well, just a few steps up would be nice, cuz nintendo wins over all in gameplay already.