Does Nintendo Really Need a Miracle?

[Legato2471]

Nope. Even if they lag a little behind Microsoft or Sony (which owe their success to "M-Rated" games almost in an entirety), they'll get back on their feet; especially considering the Revolution.

What makes you think they'll get back on their feet?

True that the Ps2 and Xbox have many M Rated games and quite a few helped their success. Halo, halo 2, Socom, Splinter Cell etc, but the systems are just so much more powerful then the Gamecube. The graphics they use and the playability in many of their games surpass almost everything on the cube. Gaming now days is being targeted at the age group of about 12-24. But with so much violence in the media not to mention the large appeal it has, consumers are gonna choose the more violent games. Games like Mario Kart Double Dash and Super Smash Bros Melee are fun, but those games have been out since the cube practically debuted and since then they've had few good games to boost sales. Nintendos other problem is that they won't go online, which is way games like Rainbow 6 don't get ported to the gamecube because they won't get to go online.

While it is true that the Xbox and microsoft dominate the online gaming circuit in the console wars, the ps2 has given them good competition with Socom and FF XI. Gamecube had PSO... and as you all can see, it did not fair that well. If Nintendo was less conservative and actually gave companies other then their own, sega, and EA then they might be able to do better.

The Revolution is a cool concept, but Nintendo is trying to be all secretive with the new console, and it's not gonna work. Sony and Microsoft have been releasing all the details and tech specs of their systems, and the public is drooling for them. Nintendo is still sittin there with the same 3 pictures of a sleek black box and a blue LED light in the disk drive. What does that tell us? The system will be easy to find in the dark? Come on, we want to see what this system can do.