Nintendo should be the one respected the most out of the big 3. Here's why :

Nintendo. One of the oldest and most acclaimed gaming companies ever made. I used to own all of their consoles and portables up to the N64 era, but that was just my choice, so jumping ship to PS & Xbox didn't really change the way i think and i will always think about them. Here are the main 3 reasons why they should be respected by fans and haters:

1) Innovation: Nintendo was the company that brought gamers access to the NES and SNES, two consoles that introduced revolutionary games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, in which gave birth to many new genres of games. They introduced gamers to the GameBoy, the first successful handheld that popularized portable gaming. During the N64 era they made controllers which supported Analog and Rumble. In 2004 they took portable gaming to the next level by including a stylus-responsive touch-screen on their NDS (Nintendo Dual Screen) handheld to appeal even more to casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Recently they revolutionized casual gaming by introducing the Wii with its motion-based controller,expanding the ever-growing videogames business even more.

2) Reliability: Practically, no Nintendo console or handheld had any noticeable manufacturing problems such as PS2's DRE, PSP's dead pixels and the X360's RROD issues. Nintendo is very accurate and has a very clean track-record that the opposition should envy. They know how to evade these problems through accurate-manufacture and various testing.

3) Legacy: Nintendo was established way back in September 23 1889, being a Trading-Cards company (Explaining their success with their Pokemon series). As a young man should respect his elder, companies new to their market should learn to heavily respect Nintendo for what they are, just like SEGA started doing a while back.

In the end, a console generation wouldn't be the same without the big N, no matter which kind of fanboy you might be:)

nintendo ran a love hotel in the 60s for cupples and hookers.deadmeat59

is not lol'ing

Nintendo. One of the oldest and most acclaimed gaming companies ever made. I used to own all of their consoles and portables up to the N64 era, but that was just my choice, so jumping ship to PS & Xbox didn't really change the way i think and i will always think about them. Here are the main 3 reasons why they should be respected by fans and haters:

1) Innovation: Nintendo was the company that brought gamers access to the NES and SNES, two consoles that introduced revolutionary games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, in which gave birth to many new genres of games. They introduced gamers to the GameBoy, the first successful handheld that popularized portable gaming. During the N64 era they made controllers which supported Analog and Rumble. In 2004 they took portable gaming to the next level by including a stylus-responsive touch-screen on their NDS (Nintendo Dual Screen) handheld to appeal even more to casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Recently they revolutionized casual gaming by introducing the Wii with its motion-based controller,expanding the ever-growing videogames business even more.

2) Reliability: Practically, no Nintendo console or handheld had any noticeable manufacturing problems such as PS2's DRE, PSP's dead pixels and the X360's RROD issues. Nintendo is very accurate and has a very clean track-record that the opposition should envy. They know how to evade these problems through accurate-manufacture and various testing.

3) Legacy: Nintendo was established way back in September 23 1889, being a Trading-Cards company (Explaining their success with their Pokemon series). As a young man should respect his elder, companies new to their market should learn to heavily respect Nintendo for what they are, just like SEGA started doing a while back.

In the end, a console generation wouldn't be the same without the big N, no matter which kind of fanboy you might be:)

SoulKillah

i think everybody was doing fine with just playing the ps2 early last gen.

and and and:

Seeing as we're talking about game companies that HELPED BRING good games to us. how about microsoft and the MSX?? that bought us bomberman, metal gear, final fantasy, castlevania.

Some earlier and later revisions of the GameCube consoles developed disc read problems with the optical pickup becoming thermally sensitive over time, causing read errors when the console reached normal operating temperature. Failures of this sort require replacement of the optical pickup. Affected consoles have sometimes been serviced free of charge by Nintendo even after the expiration of the warranty period.

so i busted two of your points - but you are correct about ur 3rd point. though when sony came with the ps1 and p2. nintendo fell back. so sony took that position - and no nintendo is risin agen already taken that position, sales wise - which at the end basicly means everything. think about it. if they didnt have good hardware sales, they mite not even continue with the whole company nintendo!! they might go back to makin pokemon cards!! hopefully non nintendo, sony and microsoft dont die out in the console manufacturaing part. the only thing that needs to die are fanboys and pathetic argueing.

:)

nintendo ran a love hotel in the 60s for cupples and hookers.deadmeat59

They also had a brand of vaccuum cleaner, and a taxi service.

Guess you don't know much of the Nintendo's underhanded scheming in the late 80s to early 90s?

That's great though, your unbiased tone really does support your post.

Guess you don't know much of the Nintendo's underhanded scheming in the late 80s to early 90s?

That's great though, your unbiased tone really does support your post.

elbow2k

You realise that the deal they had with Sony was completely ripping off Nintendo. Not saying that justifies what Nintendo did, but there is no way a sane person would have gone ahead with the deal.

[QUOTE="elbow2k"]

Guess you don't know much of the Nintendo's underhanded scheming in the late 80s to early 90s?

That's great though, your unbiased tone really does support your post.

Tylendal

You realise that the deal they had with Sony was completely ripping off Nintendo. Not saying that justifies what Nintendo did, but there is no way a sane person would have gone ahead with the deal.

No, not that one, I'm talking about how they used to prevent retailers from selling any other gaming merchandise outside of Nintendo, or they purposefully controlled the flow of games coming out to their console.

[QUOTE="SoulKillah"]

Nintendo. One of the oldest and most acclaimed gaming companies ever made. I used to own all of their consoles and portables up to the N64 era, but that was just my choice, so jumping ship to PS & Xbox didn't really change the way i think and i will always think about them. Here are the main 3 reasons why they should be respected by fans and haters:

1) Innovation: Nintendo was the company that brought gamers access to the NES and SNES, two consoles that introduced revolutionary games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, in which gave birth to many new genres of games. They introduced gamers to the GameBoy, the first successful handheld that popularized portable gaming. During the N64 era they made controllers which supported Analog and Rumble. In 2004 they took portable gaming to the next level by including a stylus-responsive touch-screen on their NDS (Nintendo Dual Screen) handheld to appeal even more to casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Recently they revolutionized casual gaming by introducing the Wii with its motion-based controller,expanding the ever-growing videogames business even more.

2) Reliability: Practically, no Nintendo console or handheld had any noticeable manufacturing problems such as PS2's DRE, PSP's dead pixels and the X360's RROD issues. Nintendo is very accurate and has a very clean track-record that the opposition should envy. They know how to evade these problems through accurate-manufacture and various testing.

3) Legacy: Nintendo was established way back in September 23 1889, being a Trading-Cards company (Explaining their success with their Pokemon series). As a young man should respect his elder, companies new to their market should learn to heavily respect Nintendo for what they are, just like SEGA started doing a while back.

In the end, a console generation wouldn't be the same without the big N, no matter which kind of fanboy you might be:)

mgs_freak91

i think everybody was doing fine with just playing the ps2 early last gen.

and and and:

Seeing as we're talking about game companies that HELPED BRING good games to us. how about microsoft and the MSX?? that bought us bomberman, metal gear, final fantasy, castlevania.

Some earlier and later revisions of the GameCube consoles developed disc read problems with the optical pickup becoming thermally sensitive over time, causing read errors when the console reached normal operating temperature. Failures of this sort require replacement of the optical pickup. Affected consoles have sometimes been serviced free of charge by Nintendo even after the expiration of the warranty period.

so i busted two of your points - but you are correct about ur 3rd point. though when sony came with the ps1 and p2. nintendo fell back. so sony took that position - and no nintendo is risin agen already taken that position, sales wise - which at the end basicly means everything. think about it. if they didnt have good hardware sales, they mite not even continue with the whole company nintendo!! they might go back to makin pokemon cards!! hopefully non nintendo, sony and microsoft dont die out in the console manufacturaing part. the only thing that needs to die are fanboys and pathetic argueing.

:)

1 one mans innovation is another mans gimmick: examples: ROB the robot, light gun, U FORCE, power pad, power glove, super scope, wii mote (wii nunchuck sold seperately to milk even more) , wii wheel, wii arcade pad (really if they made the gamecube backwards compatible with gamecube controllers the only reason they made these is to milk people because you could use the gamecube controller on any snes or N64 game), gamecube using gameboy as a controller, stylus, i agree they are innovative, in more ways than you listed: they also sued during the nes era taito and tecmo for not purchasing a license from them to make games that would work on the nes, nintendo lost the lawsuit, but this was the first sign nintendo might not be 3rd party developer friendly (unless you payed them to make games for their system, which, is why its nintendos 3rd party is in the shape its in now, and the sony playstation was in fact going to be an addon to the snes (i think if memory serves me correctly, codenamed dolphin) nintendo backed out on the deal and sony released it as the PSX. ( i think this was a mistake on nintendos part, because it would have been the only system after sega tanked)

also the most innovative thing i think nintendo has going for it: its online gaming plan. to this reggie tells us nintendo has pokemon, (sigh of relief) and that loveable 15 digit number code you have to enter to play with someone.

2. reliability: this i disagree with, because the original nes we had to use the blow trick on, the original nes consoles had a problem with the cartidge slot not locking or breaking ( the front loading ones) game freezes and cartridge batteries only last like 5 years, snes was fine and N64 was better but had hardly any good games other than the 1st party games. gamecube was reliable as far as i know and the wii so far is also. so i guess each system has had 1 lemon model.

3. legacy: if you really want to count all those years nintendo wasnt into videogames then shouldnt we count sonys also? sony has been around a long time too, the only one thats really a new kid is microsoft.

actually if nintendo doesnt get its act together with the 3rd parties, reguardless of how much its hardware sales, i see it going the route of sega (which i think would be win/win.)

nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.Kansrite

yep i remember, i put it in my post about gimmicks above yours.

and the power glove was broke big time back then, i hated that thing.

Nintendo. One of the oldest and most acclaimed gaming companies ever made. I used to own all of their consoles and portables up to the N64 era, but that was just my choice, so jumping ship to PS & Xbox didn't really change the way i think and i will always think about them. Here are the main 3 reasons why they should be respected by fans and haters:

1) Innovation: Nintendo was the company that brought gamers access to the NES and SNES, two consoles that introduced revolutionary games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, in which gave birth to many new genres of games. They introduced gamers to the GameBoy, the first successful handheld that popularized portable gaming. During the N64 era they made controllers which supported Analog and Rumble. In 2004 they took portable gaming to the next level by including a stylus-responsive touch-screen on their NDS (Nintendo Dual Screen) handheld to appeal even more to casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Recently they revolutionized casual gaming by introducing the Wii with its motion-based controller,expanding the ever-growing videogames business even more.

2) Reliability: Practically, no Nintendo console or handheld had any noticeable manufacturing problems such as PS2's DRE, PSP's dead pixels and the X360's RROD issues. Nintendo is very accurate and has a very clean track-record that the opposition should envy. They know how to evade these problems through accurate-manufacture and various testing.

3) Legacy: Nintendo was established way back in September 23 1889, being a Trading-Cards company (Explaining their success with their Pokemon series). As a young man should respect his elder, companies new to their market should learn to heavily respect Nintendo for what they are, just like SEGA started doing a while back.

In the end, a console generation wouldn't be the same without the big N, no matter which kind of fanboy you might be:)

SoulKillah

i couldn't agree wit u anymore... i grew up on nintendo and it will always have a place in my heart.. unfortunately i'm not a kid anymore and if i had to choose 1 system, sadly it would have to be tha playstation since they make more adult games and has better 3rd party support... good thing i DON'T have to choose jus one system so i can still bust out those old nintendo clas-sics (for some reason gamespot won't let me spell it correctly) like zelda, mario, metroid, etc. for nostalgic purposes

[QUOTE="deadmeat59"]nintendo ran a love hotel in the 60s for cupples and hookers.Tylendal

They also had a brand of vaccuum cleaner, and a taxi service.

And with the way things are going, soon they will have the nation of Japan.

I agree. Nintendo should be the most respected out of the big 3, because of all they've done for gaming.

That being said, Nintendo sucks balls these days. With the exception of Super Mario Galaxy, everything else is a constant rehash, played one, you've played them all type of experience. I mean, they've made the same Metroid Prime game about three times, they've repeated the whole Super Smash Bros deal ad naseum, Mario Kart is played out, etc.

When will they make something new? When will they evolve their franchises? Twilight Princess was stale as sh1t. It certainly didn't have the godly impact of Ocarina of Time.

Also, I thought when Gamecube died, it was dead for good and Nintendo would reasses their priorities and come out with a system that owned eveything. But what do you know, the Gamecube dies hard seeing as it came back in a sexy white casing with a remote which doubles as a magnet that draws in casuals.

It seems like all Nintendo is into these days is nostalgia and fan service.

I refuse to buy a Wii until Nintendo gets creative again.

That being said, Nintendo sucks balls these days. With the exception of Super Mario Galaxy, everything else is a constant rehash, played one, you've played them all type of experience. I mean, they've made the same Metroid Prime game about three times, they've repeated the whole Super Smash Bros deal ad naseum, Mario Kart is played out, etc.

When will they make something new? When will they evolve their franchises? Twilight Princess was stale as sh1t. It certainly didn't have the godly impact of Ocarina of Time.

Tragic_Kingdom7

Well if you're only going to pay attention to those franchises of course it's going to seem like Nintendo aren't making anything new.

[QUOTE="Tragic_Kingdom7"]

That being said, Nintendo sucks balls these days. With the exception of Super Mario Galaxy, everything else is a constant rehash, played one, you've played them all type of experience. I mean, they've made the same Metroid Prime game about three times, they've repeated the whole Super Smash Bros deal ad naseum, Mario Kart is played out, etc.

When will they make something new? When will they evolve their franchises? Twilight Princess was stale as sh1t. It certainly didn't have the godly impact of Ocarina of Time.

Erebyssial

Well if you're only going to pay attention to those franchises of course it's going to seem like Nintendo aren't making anything new.

What are these original games you allude to? Seems like most of the 1rst party stuff has been rehashed.

The game in your sig is about the only original idea Nintendo has come up with in its later years.

I love Nintendo as much as anybody, but they are spinning their wheels. Granted, they are owning the competition, but I fear their newfound success won't do anything for their creativity.

What about the DS hinges breaking and DS losing brightness as time goes on?

What % of PSPs have dead pixels? What % of PS2s had that problem?

What about this "innovation" you speak of not being able to get the motion controls right for even a SINGLE game?

If nintendo is the most respected, wheres their third party support?

[QUOTE="Erebyssial"][QUOTE="Tragic_Kingdom7"]

That being said, Nintendo sucks balls these days. With the exception of Super Mario Galaxy, everything else is a constant rehash, played one, you've played them all type of experience. I mean, they've made the same Metroid Prime game about three times, they've repeated the whole Super Smash Bros deal ad naseum, Mario Kart is played out, etc.

When will they make something new? When will they evolve their franchises? Twilight Princess was stale as sh1t. It certainly didn't have the godly impact of Ocarina of Time.

Tragic_Kingdom7

Well if you're only going to pay attention to those franchises of course it's going to seem like Nintendo aren't making anything new.

What are these original games you allude to? Seems like most of the 1rst party stuff has been rehashed.

The game in your sig is about the only original idea Nintendo has come up with in its later years.

I love Nintendo as much as anybody, but they are spinning their wheels. Granted, they are owning the competition, but I fear their newfound success won't do anything for their creativity.

Animal Crossing was made after Pikmin on the GC, and since then theres been a DS version and Wii version coming later this year.

Super Paper Mario while being Mario is a unique game and far from a rehash.

Games like Fire Emblem and Batallion Wars are extremely unnoticed.

Disaster Day of Crisis is a brand new IP coming this year

They're working on a secret project which is apparently a revival of an old, cIassic franchise.

Dunno, I just think people are giving Nintendo a hard time for releasing their huge series in quick succession. Some are acting as if they're only going to release Mario and Zelda games throughout the whole generation.

Animal Crossing was made after Pikmin on the GC, and since then theres been a DS version and Wii version coming later this year.

Super Paper Mario while being Mario is a unique game and far from a rehash.

Games like Fire Emblem and Batallion Wars are extremely unnoticed.

Disaster Day of Crisis is a brand new IP coming this year

They're working on a secret project which is apparently a revival of an old, cIassic franchise.

Dunno, I just think people are giving Nintendo a hard time for releasing their huge series in quick succession. Some are acting as if they're only going to release Mario and Zelda games throughout the whole generation.

Erebyssial

I'll give you Animal Crossing (though personally, I thought it could win an award for most aimless/borring game ever).

And you mentioned a few others but I'm waiting for Nintendo to come up with that next franchise that will bring back the magic. Sure, Nintendo's old brilliance shows through in isolated bursts and they come up with something new from time to time, but generally they rest on their laurels way too much these days. They have none of the edginess they had when everybody was watching them, wondering what they would come up with next.

I guess we'll have to wait and see, but this generation is just looking a hell of alot like the Gamecube without the lackluster sales.

Basically Nintendo has released another light system with good, albiet too familiar, 1rst party games and abysmal third party games.

To be fair, Sony is starting to rehash too (the number of Ratchet and Clank games they have released is bordering on parody), but I see a little bit more innovation coming out of their camp (Little Big Planet is an example of this).

They can earn my respect by maybe making a game with a story that wouldn't be found in a 6 year olds television show. Kantroce

Videogames stories are nothing special. You can get a much better experience from a movie or book. You can most certainly create a good game without a great plot

[QUOTE="Kantroce"]They can earn my respect by maybe making a game with a story that wouldn't be found in a 6 year olds television show. monkeysrfat

Videogames stories are nothing special. You can get a much better experience from a movie or book. You can most certainly create a good game without a great plot

Movie stories are trash, just as much as video games are. Every new movie coming out is based off a book.

I'm aware you can create a good game without a great story. There are quite a few games with good stories though. That's a pretty broad generalization to say that all video game stories are nothing special.

[QUOTE="Kantroce"]They can earn my respect by maybe making a game with a story that wouldn't be found in a 6 year olds television show. monkeysrfat

Videogames stories are nothing special. You can get a much better experience from a movie or book. You can most certainly create a good game without a great plot

Maybe your right but who the hell would want to read a book of the game or watch a movie of the game? I would rather play it, for example, lets take halo or metal gear. Yes it may be great to read or watch the movie of these games but nothing beats playing these games because that is what makes these games amazing. :)

Seeing as we're talking about game companies that HELPED BRING good games to us. how about microsoft and the MSX?? that bought us bomberman, metal gear, final fantasy, castlevania.

mgs_freak91

Both of those games came out on the NES first :|

[QUOTE="Kantroce"]They can earn my respect by maybe making a game with a story that wouldn't be found in a 6 year olds television show. monkeysrfat

Videogames stories are nothing special. You can get a much better experience from a movie or book. You can most certainly create a good game without a great plot

yeah, besides being totally untrue, there was some serious damage control going on. Stories in games are a must, if it doesn't have a solid followable story, I'm not playing (with the exception of racing games)

Too bad all that innovation doesn't come into play in the top AAA games where the best control is with the gamecube controller.

Yeah, real innovative.

[QUOTE="Kantroce"]They can earn my respect by maybe making a game with a story that wouldn't be found in a 6 year olds television show. monkeysrfat

Videogames stories are nothing special. You can get a much better experience from a movie or book. You can most certainly create a good game without a great plot

Yes movies and books have better stories BUT nothing is sweeter then a game where I am actually invested in the characters and storyline. I'm so glad people who think like you aren't making video games. Thank goodness people like David Jaffe and Kojima are making games with stories that rival many motion pictures to date.

no, nintendo should be boycotted...

they didnt respect gamers, why should we respect them. theyre bringing us a new system with old graphics and old games,

besides sport games all mario and zelda stuff is on GC, so what is that?

wii should be sold on toysRus for 20bucks a pop, thats what it deserves. its not of this gen console...

[QUOTE="elbow2k"]

Guess you don't know much of the Nintendo's underhanded scheming in the late 80s to early 90s?

That's great though, your unbiased tone really does support your post.

Tylendal

You realise that the deal they had with Sony was completely ripping off Nintendo. Not saying that justifies what Nintendo did, but there is no way a sane person would have gone ahead with the deal.

Or how they screwed third parties, lied to the public with that damn Nintendo seal of quality, have no policy for what kinds of games get released on their consoles (allowing shovelware to pile up by anyone who can animate two pixels), and takes forever to add even the simplest of features.

Why did gameboy take so long to have a backlight? Color? Yeah reall innovative Nintendo. In twenty years maybe you'll make games in HD.No no perhaps their console will finally play DVD's by then.

Past=/=Present

They can't make a single innovative game on the Wii. And my gosh do they love to abuse that word.

I'll show them some respect once they actually revolutionize how we play games. They need to stop giving us these Wii games that just feel like ported Gamecube games.

Past=/=Present

They can't make a single innovative game on the Wii. And my gosh do they love to abuse that word.

I'll show them some respect once they actually revolutionize how we play games. They need to stop giving us these Wii games that just feel like ported Gamecube games.

vashkey

I find Eye of Judgement to be more innovative then 99% of all Wii games.But it gets no attention cause its not littered with POKERMONZ! And Mario's not running around thanking you for a-playing his game.

The most innovative games on the Wii is Wii Sports, Zack and Wiki, and Metroid Prime 3 for the control. But this has amounted to little except Wii Sports knock offs and no other FPS for the Wii to use MP3's control scheme. Meanwhile Z&W and its heart is just replacing point and click with move and click. Except for the few motion related puzzles like sawing a tree.

Meanwhile the best games are played with the gamecube controller.

Yeah.

nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.Kansrite

[QUOTE="Kansrite"]nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.Nintendo_Ownes7

Yeah but Nintendo pushed that thing like a first party product. They allowed that broken trash to be sold.

Just like they allowed the virtual boy to get past the first stages of hardware development.

*slaps everyone who disrespects nintendo*

Yes, Nintendo have its flaws as well. Then again, Nintendo is run by humans, and part of being human is that you make mistakes, learning from it is what really makes human special.

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"][QUOTE="Kansrite"]nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.Bread_or_Decide

Yeah but Nintendo pushed that thing like a first party product. They allowed that broken trash to be sold.

Just like they allowed the virtual boy to get past the first stages of hardware development.

[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"]

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"][QUOTE="Kansrite"]nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.Nintendo_Ownes7

Yeah but Nintendo pushed that thing like a first party product. They allowed that broken trash to be sold.

Just like they allowed the virtual boy to get past the first stages of hardware development.

The thing damaged your health and your supporting it?

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"][QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"]

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"][QUOTE="Kansrite"]nintendo is innovative. they made the wii remote for the nes, it was called the power glove but no one seems to remember that. at least they fixed the controller for the wii.vashkey

Yeah but Nintendo pushed that thing like a first party product. They allowed that broken trash to be sold.

Just like they allowed the virtual boy to get past the first stages of hardware development.

The thing damaged your health and your supporting it?

Nintendo. One of the oldest and most acclaimed gaming companies ever made. I used to own all of their consoles and portables up to the N64 era, but that was just my choice, so jumping ship to PS & Xbox didn't really change the way i think and i will always think about them. Here are the main 3 reasons why they should be respected by fans and haters:

1) Innovation: Nintendo was the company that brought gamers access to the NES and SNES, two consoles that introduced revolutionary games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, in which gave birth to many new genres of games. They introduced gamers to the GameBoy, the first successful handheld that popularized portable gaming. During the N64 era they made controllers which supported Analog and Rumble. In 2004 they took portable gaming to the next level by including a stylus-responsive touch-screen on their NDS (Nintendo Dual Screen) handheld to appeal even more to casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Recently they revolutionized casual gaming by introducing the Wii with its motion-based controller,expanding the ever-growing videogames business even more.

2) Reliability: Practically, no Nintendo console or handheld had any noticeable manufacturing problems such as PS2's DRE, PSP's dead pixels and the X360's RROD issues. Nintendo is very accurate and has a very clean track-record that the opposition should envy. They know how to evade these problems through accurate-manufacture and various testing.

3) Legacy: Nintendo was established way back in September 23 1889, being a Trading-Cards company (Explaining their success with their Pokemon series). As a young man should respect his elder, companies new to their market should learn to heavily respect Nintendo for what they are, just like SEGA started doing a while back.

In the end, a console generation wouldn't be the same without the big N, no matter which kind of fanboy you might be:)

SoulKillah

Yup, and then they sold this wonderful legacy down the river in return for extremely high levels of shovelware.