24-08-2005, 04:12 AM
A loyal fanbase just isn't big enough. The old school Nintendo people are getting older and gaming is becoming less important to a lot of them. I mean my friends still bust out the snes to play street fighter and zombies ate my neighbors, but the people who were around 13 or so when it came out just dont have the time for games.
The N64 wasn't really that great. It had a few good games but other the that, the controller was awkward, and it just wasn't that great of a system. It was dominated by the PS1. Though the Dreamcast was ahead of it's time, it was definitly better then the N64. Around 1998-1999 when pokemon was out, it was the thing that saved Nintendo. The marketed that to death, and it really paid off. However the marketing with shows and games like yu gi oh, digimon and pokemon are just fads and dont last long, but they make a lot of money for the corporations controlling them.
The gamecube was just poorly marketed. It's a good system with potential that went completely unused. It had a few good games, and because of that they had to lower the console price but keep game prices high. Nintendo is lucky for the gameboy systems because they make a lot of good games for that and it really keeps them in the "game".
They really need to do a better job marketing the Revolution, which many people, myself included are hoping it will be. We haven't even seen a controller for it yet. Plus all it has going for it is the backwards compatability which to me is a fancy way of saying roms and emulators, because it's just over hyped, although a cool feature. At this rate Nintendo will follow the Dreamcast in the console wars. They will however remain the king of hand held gaming.
When it comes down to it, Nintendo can't slack off. They need good games, lots of them, coming out at spaced times so they don't saturate their market too early then in the 2 or 3 years they use the system have few sales game wise. This is probably their last chance at the console game before they have to stop and just do handheld games.
The N64 wasn't really that great. It had a few good games but other the that, the controller was awkward, and it just wasn't that great of a system. It was dominated by the PS1. Though the Dreamcast was ahead of it's time, it was definitly better then the N64. Around 1998-1999 when pokemon was out, it was the thing that saved Nintendo. The marketed that to death, and it really paid off. However the marketing with shows and games like yu gi oh, digimon and pokemon are just fads and dont last long, but they make a lot of money for the corporations controlling them.
The gamecube was just poorly marketed. It's a good system with potential that went completely unused. It had a few good games, and because of that they had to lower the console price but keep game prices high. Nintendo is lucky for the gameboy systems because they make a lot of good games for that and it really keeps them in the "game".
They really need to do a better job marketing the Revolution, which many people, myself included are hoping it will be. We haven't even seen a controller for it yet. Plus all it has going for it is the backwards compatability which to me is a fancy way of saying roms and emulators, because it's just over hyped, although a cool feature. At this rate Nintendo will follow the Dreamcast in the console wars. They will however remain the king of hand held gaming.
When it comes down to it, Nintendo can't slack off. They need good games, lots of them, coming out at spaced times so they don't saturate their market too early then in the 2 or 3 years they use the system have few sales game wise. This is probably their last chance at the console game before they have to stop and just do handheld games.
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