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Post by flameboy on Feb 5, 2014 20:22:43 GMT
It had to be done!
Nintendo in a recent investors meeting outlined many of the shortcomings as a platform holder and now Iwata is trying to steady the ship with a mandate of letting internal teams work on what they want, doubling down on the gamepad and making it an indispencible piece of hardware, using mobile platforms to promote Nintendo's franchises and to be more liberal in their work with third parties handling Nintendo licenses.
But my question to you is should Nintendo just face facts and become a third party developer? Is their drive for hardware innovation as a platform holder doomed to fail?
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Post by Happenstance on Feb 5, 2014 20:44:31 GMT
If they werent having so much trouble with other third parties then I would say no but buying a console as basically a "Nintendo Machine" feels like a waste of money at this point. I would rather they went third party so I could play their games elsewhere.
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Post by Cookyman on Feb 5, 2014 21:23:51 GMT
Yeah go third party - your outdated hardware doesn't interest me. I remember when their machines were as powerful if not more so than their competitors.
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Post by Mike1988uk on Feb 5, 2014 22:21:13 GMT
I'm not so sure. I just don't think nintendo games would ever be the same again multi-platform. I mean the proper nintendo games, not the casual rubbish.
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Post by Happenstance on Feb 5, 2014 22:22:45 GMT
I'm not so sure. I just don't think nintendo games would ever be the same again multi-platform. I mean the proper nintendo games, not the casual rubbish. How come? |
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Post by flameboy on Feb 5, 2014 22:27:27 GMT
Yeah go third party - your outdated hardware doesn't interest me. I remember when their machines were as powerful if not more so than their competitors. See I kind of think they've always had underpowered hardware. The NES was made to be cost effective.....SNES arguably less powerful than Megadrive but more powerful than the rash of 16 bit consoles that weren't true 16 bit. N64 severely hampered by cartridges. I guess the Gamecube was on a par? (then again I remember games like Beyond Good and Evil having worse sound) It's always been about the games and there just aren't enough these days! Also I need to give you a warning please don't ever say bad things against Nintendo. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED |
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Post by flameboy on Feb 5, 2014 22:28:12 GMT
I'm not so sure. I just don't think nintendo games would ever be the same again multi-platform. I mean the proper nintendo games, not the casual rubbish. So you feel like Nintendo hardware is so intrinsic to the Nintendo experience that it simply can't be done on other consoles? |
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Post by Cookyman on Feb 6, 2014 16:58:16 GMT
Also I need to give you a warning please don't ever say bad things against Nintendo. YOU'VE BEEN WARNEDYou know where you can stick your warning!
This isn't N-europe - thank fuck!
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Post by ReZourceman on Feb 6, 2014 17:46:31 GMT
Nintendo games on platforms like the Vita and PS4 are like my wet dream.
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Post by Mike1988uk on Feb 8, 2014 10:48:00 GMT
I'm not so sure. I just don't think nintendo games would ever be the same again multi-platform. I mean the proper nintendo games, not the casual rubbish. So you feel like Nintendo hardware is so intrinsic to the Nintendo experience that it simply can't be done on other consoles? I might just be being a bit stubborn because it could easily work really. Maybe it is because I was with Nintendo for so long growing up (N64 & Gamecube era) but I just wouldn't want to see them on other consoles. It would certainly save me money though on buying consoles if there was less of them! lol. |
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Post by Happenstance on Feb 8, 2014 10:53:19 GMT
To be fair, as much as I would prefer to see Nintendo on other consoles now, back when Sega was doing this I was completely against that just like you are with Nintendo.
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Post by Mike1988uk on Feb 8, 2014 12:04:25 GMT
Yeah, I can remember when this happened with Sega when I had the dreamcast and I just seemed to 'accept it'. Probably because dreamcast was like my second console with nintendo being first. I had great memories of the mega drive (sonic games in particular).
Now it is just so normal to see sega games on other consoles. Although I have yet to play Sonic lost World most of their attempts at sonic games on nintendo consoles have been crap. Bar the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog I have really enjoyed the other sonics games released on other consoles.
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Post by Happenstance on Feb 8, 2014 12:07:11 GMT
I enjoyed Generations and kind of liked Colours. I havent tried any of the other 3D ones though. Unleashed looked like it would have been a good game without all the stupid Werehog stuff.
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Post by MoogleViper on Feb 8, 2014 12:48:15 GMT
DO we really think Sega are as good as now they were when they were in the console market?
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Post by Happenstance on Feb 8, 2014 12:58:18 GMT
Not at all. Although I will say that bought up a couple of good devs over the last year or so that should start giving us some better games.
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