Fatal Fury (Gauro): Mark of the Wolves Powerstone 1&2 Crazy Taxi Virtua Tennis Gigawing 2 Ooga Booga (don't judge me) Chu Chu Rocket (seriously, stop it) Heavy Metal: Geomatrix (I'm right here, I can see you judging me) Dreamcast was the best console for really goofy and fun multiplayer games. God I miss local and split-screen multiplayer.
As games became multiplats they sell to an established playerbase of 100's of millions of gamers. Nintendo titles can only sell to an established playerbase of their own making. It is only natural that Nintendo games have relatively lower budgets over time, and it becomes more noticeable as expenses in the industry rise.
Then why be pro Nintendo or have any hope for Nintendo?
The two downsides of Sony's and Microsofts strategies are enormous and disastrous in the long term: - It is financially not viable to keep gambling on mass sales. (Maximizing potential profit has led to a 'One strike and you're out.' industry.) - They are making themselves obsolete. (Because everything goes multiplat it is quickly becoming an act of stupidity to buy one of their consoles let alone both.)
And MS is even worse by doing something completely atrocious: - Shift all financial risks of development to the talent. (Invest in exclusive crap only if it has worked out. Let competitors create their system pushers.) And are therefore making themselves obsolete even faster. They basically managed to make themselves not matter in one generation. I am curious what kind of trick they will pull out of their hat to reel in the Americans at the end of this month. But I do know one thing, it's bound to be a delusion of kinds.
KungfuKitten
You are totally right about this. Despite all their mistakes, Nintendo has a much larger profit margin than MS and Sony. Heck, the MS games division just barely breaks even despite being the "champion" of this generation. Personally, I think the Wii U is a great idea because it actually encourages local multiplayer. I'm one of those old gamer who prefers to play games in my living room with a group of friends instead of online. One of the worst things about the PS3 and XBox 360 has been the death of split-screen. So far, the next gen looks to be continuing with that trend. If I wanted to play games in a room by myself, I'd upgrade my PC.
Gamecube was considered a failure by many- I wouldn't exactly call it a success, myself. Apparently 1st party didn't save it :o
I've noticed that aside from the Wii's early fad, Nintendo seems to do poorly in consoles but really well in handheld.Â
p3anut
It actually did, Nintendo's game division made more money than Sony and MS.
Microsoft was loosing money off their games divition until a couple years ago. Now they just barely break even. Sony is in the same boat too. Despite being considered last place, Nintendo is the only one in the hardware business that makes a profit. Between that and all the studio closures, I am really worried this whole industry is headed for a big collapse. Then Apple will jump in with some i-gamedevice and we will all be playing touch screen games on a home console, the irony of which will fly strait over eveyone's head.
[QUOTE="judaspete"]Silent hill Shattered Memories and Resident Evil 4 are cool if you like survival horror.Pffrbt
Neither are survival horror though. RE4 is action horror and Shattered Memories is comedy/crap.
Alright, fair enough on Resident Evil, but it is a great action game and I highly recommend it. Shattered Memories was great, though I will say it's a pretty niche experience and can understand why some people don't much care for it.
If you get a chance to play Zombie U on Wii U, that game is pretty much what you are looking for. So far, I don't think they are planning to bring it to PC though. You may want to check out Slender, but that has no shooting at all.
What types of games do you like? Madworld is a good core game, but it's kind of cartoony in the sense that it looks like Sin City. Silent hill Shattered Memories and Resident Evil 4 are cool if you like survival horror. Metroid Prime 3 is one of my favorite games but is kind of niche being more about exploration than shooting. What games do you like to play on other systems?
It could very well fail if Nintendo can't get some software flow going. But I think it will eventually gain some traction. When nintendo get their core franchises out, people will start buying. Also, if all these ugly rumors about the next XBox turn out to be true then Nintendo will stand a better chance. After all, Nintendo has shown they can make a profit even with a slow selling console. Sony and Microsoft can barely manage to do that when their hardware dominates.
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