There are so many hippocracies in that interview I can't even list them all here, but I'll give it a try.
1) "Gaming Console - No DVD" - Nintendo has a GCN-DVD, just not in the states, so I guess they only feel that Japanese gamers like DVD.
2) "No Proce Drop" - What happened in Europe again?
3) "No unified Onlne Plans" - Online gaming a "niche" market? Yeah, that Everquest thing and Diablo 2 never caught on, did they? This basically proves a huge point. Nintendo knows their customers very well. They are made up of 2 distinct groups: a) hardcore Nintendo gamers and b) kids
a) They know that they don't have to work very hard to please these people other than releasing quality games. There is liitle need to give them the extras because Nintendo knows this consumer will stick with them no matter what. There is no financial gain to providing better online service.
b) Kids don't play much in the way of online games. That is more of a teen and adult thing.
Nintendo has ALWAYS been about profits. Look at the N64. They produced a console that was WAY short on memory and hard to develop for because the profit margin was higher. Financially, this is very smart, but it still stinks for the consumer in some ways.
That said, I'll still be getting a GCN
