Nintendo is d00med, OH NOEZ

Jonbo298 · 02-23-2005, 11:06 PM

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February 23, 2005 - In an interview with the site Xbox2 News, Electronic Arts and 3DO founder Trip Hawkins suggested that he believed Nintendo would not be a hardware player five years down the road. The outspoken executive even indicated what he thought might become of the Big N.

Asked what he thought about Nintendo's future, Hawkins replied: "My magic eight ball says they will be acquired by Microsoft within five years."

Nintendo itself has repeatedly dismissed old rumors that it was thinking about becoming a software-only company, or that it might team up with another publisher to make hardware and games.

Last August, Microsoft head Bill Gates told German financial magazine WirtschaftsWoche that he would pick up the phone if Nintendo's former president Hiroshi Yamauchi called. However, days later Nintendo issued an official response, which read: "Nintendo is not for sale and there is no such talk at all."

http://cube.ign.com/articles/590/590427p1.html

People have the right to opinions. I may not agree with him but if Nintendo does ever get bought out my Microsoft, I'm done with Console Gaming. Mainly because it wont ever feel the same without a company who has been around for so long to see ups and downs in the industry. Unlike Sony and MS who have yet to feel the "brunt" of the Industry and from my view think its a Yellow Brick Road.

GameMaster · 02-23-2005, 11:18 PM

I'm with you, Jonbo. I've come too far and invested too much care into Nintendo to cast my allegiance to another company. If Nintendo sinks, I'm going down with it.

Even if all my favorite Nintendo characters somehow made it onto another console, I think I'd hang up my controller for good anyways.

All good things must come to an end.

Solid Snake · 02-23-2005, 11:35 PM

With the Revolution, Nintendo will reclaim its video game console dominance again. Or at least I hope so.

Nintendo is the only company I am loyal to. I like Microsoft and Sony, but Nintendo is all about the gamer and having fun. I think Microsoft would just be hurting the industry to buy Nintendo.

Crash · 02-24-2005, 12:02 AM

for life

eh, people have their own opinions, we wont get into the stuff about microsoft losig 6 BILLION dollars this generation, trying to get their xbox to work sell or that xbox has only 3 games in the top 50 selling games this generation (halo, halo 2 and splintercell)

but yeah, Nintendo is the one going down, even though since Iwata has become president, Nintendo's profit has risen 30%

get a life Trip, no one likes EA and their cookie cutter game crap

Null · 02-24-2005, 12:06 AM

a games a game people. loyalty to a videogame company makes no sense at all.

as for nintendo, i actually could see it happening, ms offered to buy them before, and nintendo said they thought about it before saying now. if MS keeps wearing them down with good offers, i can see nintendo caving, which actually could REALLY help nintendo. sell more games, wouldnt have to worry about hardware, wouldnt have to worry about online, they could just enable thier games and let the console company deal with it.

Crash · 02-24-2005, 12:12 AM

nintendo will never be second party to microsoft... EVER, they are sooner to go with Gizmondo

The Duggler · 02-24-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Null

a games a game people. loyalty to a videogame company makes no sense at all.

That makes more sense than you think.

If the business world would be a little more about companies being true to it's own product instead of doing anything including changing the product completely in order to get more sales, than I think the world would be a little bit better.

I love Nintendo the way they are. I don't want them to change.

Null · 02-24-2005, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Crash

nintendo will never be second party to microsoft... EVER, they are sooner to go with Gizmondo

well isnt it crazy what money will make you do then? if this site was going to be around that long, you could put a vbookie bet on it. will nintendo be bought by MS within 5 years?. i'd bet yes. i think it will happen around the 3rd/early 4th year of next gen

Teuthida · 02-24-2005, 12:39 AM

I wouldn't mind a Microsoft/Nintendo merge...as long as Nintendo is still allowed to express their creativity. Trip Hawkins is still a jackass though...my hate for EA only grows.

DeathsHand · 02-24-2005, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake

With the Revolution, Nintendo will reclaim its video game console dominance again. Or at least I hope so.

Ah just like the good ol "Nintendo Dolphin" days... Go optimism!

I think the only way Nintendo would go software only is if Sony (or someone else, but PSP is the most obvious competitor at the moment) manages to take over the handheld industry as well... Not saying that's gonna happen...

Crash · 02-24-2005, 02:13 AM

this is the same clown that drove 3DO straight into the ground, he knows nothing about success in the video game industry.

He also owns "digital chocolate" and everyone knows how successful that is

He also tried to make the M2 game system like 10 years ago(we all own that system dont we?)

Army Men, BattleTanx, Heroes of Might and Magic, and High Heat Baseball are the best games in their genres totally.

Seriously, we shouldn't even listen to this guy who runs 2 companies into the ground, and happens to have lots of money in EA to publish a bunch of crap games under more crap lisences!

Jonbo298 · 02-24-2005, 05:06 AM

Null, you say a games just a game. Then you shouldnt choose preference of Mac or PC because "A computer is just a computer" or choosing Chevy over Ford because "A car is just a car".

Competition exists for a reason. I like Nintendo because of their History and thinking outside the box. Not all the time has it been the best of things but at least they aren't afraid to try something new.

But everyone has an opinion. If the company I loved buried itself by going to big corporation, (as said above) the games won't feel the same.

Canyarion · 02-24-2005, 08:31 AM

As long as

won't be some slave of M$, I don't think it's that bad.
Microsoft could create the console with a little help of Ninty, Nintendo the controller with some input of M$ and they both could create their own games. That way they can possibly beat Sony...

Null · 02-24-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Null, you say a games just a game. Then you shouldnt choose preference of Mac or PC because "A computer is just a computer" or choosing Chevy over Ford because "A car is just a car".

Competition exists for a reason. I like Nintendo because of their History and thinking outside the box. Not all the time has it been the best of things but at least they aren't afraid to try something new.

But everyone has an opinion. If the company I loved buried itself by going to big corporation, (as said above) the games won't feel the same.

incorrect, i never said not to have a preference, not once. i said blind loyalty is stupid. and in your examples. blind loyalty to a PC and ignoring all the good things from a mac is stupid. if your going out shopping for a new car. blind loyalty to ford, and dismissing everything chevy has just because its not a ford you can miss out on some good cars.

competition exists to make money, the side effect is that you get better products. dont get that mixed up. its all to make money, if one could kill the other they would do it in a heartbeat.
I always loved nintendo, but thier INABILITY to think outside thier own tiny little world caused me to open my eyes and look around, and i thank nintendo for that. its exactly what i had needed at that time.

MuGen · 02-24-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Competition exists for a reason. I like Nintendo because of their History and thinking outside the box. Not all the time has it been the best of things but at least they aren't afraid to try something new.

Far be it for me to think that all Nintendo consoles were boxes albeit the N64?

LOL... I'm just kidding.

I'm in COMPLETE agreement with Null. I have a preference for the PS2 but when I see a game I like for Gamecube or Xbox, I won't mind playing it.

So if you completely give up gaming because Nintendo was bought by Microsoft in 5 years... it sounds completely ridiculous. Even though Microsoft would own Nintendo... the entity Nintendo still remains and if you won't even support Nintendo after the merger..... then that just defeats the whole purpose of having loyalty for Nintendo in the first place.

If you are truely loyal to Nintendo, or Sony, or Microsoft in any case.... you'll follow them wherever they go......... no matter what decisions they make on the BUSINESS/MARKETING front.

My viewpoint is that if ANY of those 3 companies merged, they would totally dominate the generation and make serious money off each other.

But nonetheless..... giving up on Nintendo if they sold to Microsoft is just competely and utterly ridiculous. Loyal fans??? where???

I'm a Sony-bot, however I like Nintendo and I'll still play their games without hesitation, no matter what happens.