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Originally posted by Null
As for making nintendo what they were in the old days.............. They are what they were in the old days. They have not changed. Its the gamers that have changed. Nintendo has ceased to change with them.
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I assume that statement is addressing me so I'll just comment on that. ( If it wasn't for me, My bad )
I said Nintendo needs to make a name for themselves like they did in the old days, I did not say Nintendo needs to use the tatic they did in the old days, because like you pointed out I don't think their tatics have changed that much, however their third party support has and that is what is hurting them right now.
Yes people brought the GC for Nintendo games but it shouldn't be like that, that's just wrong and that's where they are losing out. Nintendo should have really persued the third parties this time around, (especially after the N64, where 3rd party suppot was very little and far between). GC should be a console with tons of third party games, the first party games from Nintendo would just be an added bonus for gamers.
Nintendo also needs to atleast try and cater to the third party and gamers needs.
1st example: The GC controller. Is it a nice controler? Yes. Is it comfortable? Yes. Can you use it for every game? No.
Look at that d pad man, it's practicially non-existent. How do you a gamer who likes fighting games ( 2d fighting games especially, since they are know for using the d pad) is going to feel, and do you think 3rd parties will want to release alot of fighting games on the system. Noooooooooooooooooooooo.
2nd example.THe memory card.
Nintendo really screwed sports gamers with this, they could have released their current memory card with the system launch butttttt nooooooooooooooooo, they just had to milk the market.
( check the game for this one)
I'm not saying Nintendo is doing a horrible job, in fact I think they are doing a good job, but a good job isn't going to cut it if they want to become the leaders of the home console market again. They are going to have to stop depending on themselves so much and stop thinking so close minded.
Like Gekko said Nintendo is out of touch with their fans......give the fans what they want, and stop dicking around.