Nintendo is d00med, OH NOEZ

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by DarrenMcLeod

If you're dropping down the cash for every single platform out there, I don't think money is a big concern for you.

It took me a very long time to collect every system. I just got my Xbox back in January, so I havn't had all three systems for very long. I got a GCN for Christmas (it was my very first console for this generation), and then I saved up and bought a PS2 the summer following, and then a couple years later got the Box. I'm not rich, I just manage my money well enough so that I can eventually get the things I want. I would be much happier if I could have put that money I spent on a GCN into buying more games for the other two systems.

I find GC controller most comfortable, PS2 controller most versatile, XBOX controller....is good for halo.

Good for you. That's really a matter of personal opinion, I have nothing against the GCN controller, it just doesn't seem to be really GREAT for anything.

Nintendo takes risks left and right if they feel it would add enjoyment. You can't tell me that Pikmin and cel shading Zelda were results of deciding what is best for profit.

I said that Nintendo was in it for the money (which they are), but in no way did I say they were doing a good job of it. It's easy to see they are being stupid about their marketing. They make their system look like a purple purse, they REFUSE to listen to their fans by designing a cel shaded Zelda and not going online. If they aren't trying to please us, then what the hell are they doing? Why do they want to make things that their fans don't want?

They are definatly in it for the money, they just aren't being smart about it. Take their memory cards for example. It took them FOREVER just to release a memory card with over a 1000 blocks on it, and by then it was too late. We already had a crap load of their other measly memory cards. Are you saying that things like small memory cards are an innovation as well? I think Nintendo has fallen into the idea that if they make ANYTHING different, for better or worse, they are being innovative.

Wow. Let's see.

Xbox Live and Eye Toy have both been done on PC for as long ages and ages. It can hardly be considered "innovative". The only thing innovative about Xbox Live was the timing.

Who made Game and Watch? And touch screen and wireless networking and microphone are more than rehashing.

You do know the definition of the word "innovative", right? It means "new" and "different". PC may have had online gaming and an eye toy product (I'm not sure about the latter, I'm just taking your word for it), but a CONSOLE didn't, therefore it is NEW. The dreamcast was online, but never before had a company designed such a powerful online system that brought all gamers together and unified the monthly fees. Even PC's havn't done something like that, where you pay one fee and can play all your games online. Xbox Live was innovative, and so was the Eye Toy.

And so what if Nintendo made Game and Watch? They made it a LONG TIME AGO. You can't remake something that you did a long time ago and was innovative at the time and STILL call it innovative. The touch screen thing is cool, and it is innovative, I'll give you that, but it's nothing ground breaking.

Finally, no negative connotations to the idea of being with Microsoft?

One word: Rare.

Rare does as Rare wants. Microsoft didn't change that.