stiffy said:
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"The Death Of Nintendo Has Been Greatly Under-Exaggerated"
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/nintendont/
Did you READ the article, or just link to it? I would honestly like to hear your opinion on what the guy has to say. He explains his points far better than I could.
I read your articles. Only 1 of the 4 even mentions the Wii U sales, which it mentions are selling at a loss for the company. (5.6 millions units lower that their 2013 internal predictions.) These would be better served on a thread about 360 and ps3 sales.
Cherry picking again? Tsk. Tsk.
I will humor you by quoting directly from the article and giving me opinion on each point he makes.
"the Wii U is a dud. It?s actually much worse than a dud. As of right now, it?s a colossal failure."
The same thing was said about the 3DS not too long ago. Look where it is now. Either this man has short term memory, or he is leaving that fact out to make his point stronger.
But they won?t. They?ll wait. And wait. And wait. They?ll cite history as their guide that their consoles can take a while to become profitable. But they?ll be wrong this time.
How does he know they will be wrong this time? Is he a timelord? They aren't waiting on the Wii U, they are now releasing game after game, all the way up to 2014.
Meanwhile, the Nintendo 2DS will come out and will probably sell quite well at first thanks to a well-timed Pokemon release. But all the 2DS really is is an admission that the 3DS is ultimately a failure.
?But! But! But! Profitable!? Sure, a few years after release. Nintendo isn?t releasing the 2DS just for the hell of it. They realize the metrics that really matter: that the 3DS is tracking roughly 20 percent behind its predecessor in terms of sales
The 2DS as Reggie has stated was specifically for people who are stereo blind, children under the age of 7, and those who can't afford to put down over $200.00 on a hardware system, or will not put down that kind of money for a feature they don't care for.
The 3DS has currently sold 32 million units.
Not only that, his analogy is poor and downright deceitful to falsely strengthen his point.
The DS, DSlite, and DSi family span
8 years in longevity. The 3DS came out two years ago. This man so far is looking like a joke.
But! Long-term thinking!? The concept of ?long-term thinking? is what people always cite when something is failing right now. The issue here is that, again, Nintendo doesn?t actually have a lot of time to fix what ails them.
This generation has witnessed the largest amount of studios being shut down due to short term "quick fixes"
If the only thing ailing Nintendo right now is poor Wii U sales- something that ails every company that release a new console, then I think Nintendo is doing solid.
- They have failed to make great products for a number of years now.
- The market is rapidly changing around them.
All of these are completely subjective, and what makes him think that a rapidly changing market isn't going to affect Sony or Microsoft?
Nintendo no longer is just competing with the others in their direct space ? meaning gaming consoles and handhelds ? meaning Sony and Microsoft. They are competing with every single smartphone and tablet currently on the market.
Still hasn't stopped the 3DS from selling like hot cakes has it? This is hilarious.
They do not. Apple and all the various Android OEMs release new hardware every single year ? if not more often
Are you kidding me? That is not a sure fire way to success. This very business model is going to kill Apple in the end. when you release a product up to $300.00 a year as the next installment, people are going to refuse to keep up with it and not buy their products. In fact, Apple is on the verge of seriously competing with Samsung. The company they screwed over time and time again in the smartphone business.
An example of a videogame that has done this is Guitar Hero. Where is Guitar Hero right now? Dead in the water because nobody could keep up with their releases.
Now the DS, the 3DS, and the 2DS are just another device a kid has to carry around (and that parents have to buy). Why do that when your smartphone plays games?
The handheld division has always been for kids.
Also do smartphones have Pokemon?
do they have Mario? Donkey Kong? Fire Emblem? Animal Crossing? Assasins Creed?, Rayman? Call of Duty?
Come on man. Try better than that.
But unless those characters are constantly updated in tales on relevant consoles, they will fade. It?s sad, but true. ?What?s a Nintendo??
I don't think you understand how popular Mario is for kids. They aren't fading away from the minds of anyone any time soon.
That?s why we keep hearing the calls for Nintendo to make games for iOS.
From the same people who created the "Nintendo is DOOMED" fiasco.
The Wii U is not thinking-outside-the-box. It?s trying to shove their IP into a box. It seems like they took one look at the touch-based landscape and figured they had to make a move.
Considering how they were the ones that started the "touch" movement with the Nintendo DS line all those years ago, this man is talking nothing but bullshit.
So explain to me- how are Sony and Microsoft thinking outside the box if the Wii U is unoriginal garbage?
Nintendo needs to get back to the NES and SNES era. Hell, even N64 would do
Impossible. They actually have competition now as opposed to being a monopoly king all those years ago.
So how does Nintendo compete in that world? I wish I knew.
You know a journalist is bad when they say all these negative things about a specific company/problem/politic, yet they cannot for the life of them actually think up a solution themselves. If he is so knowledgeable about the "death of Nintendo" then surely he should have solutions as well.
current tablet/smartphone manufacturer and make the best ? and I do mean the best ? hardware for gaming. Speed. Buttons. Responsiveness. Definition. Clarity. Etc.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh God is he serious!? I'll admit that tablets and smartphones have gotten better over the year. But the best hardware? The best buttons?(where the fuck are buttons on a tablet anyway), the best speed?
Sorry pal, but that crown belongs to the PC. What world are you living in?
I still believe Nintendo could thrive as a game studio allowed to run independently under a larger parent
That has never happened before in the history of ever. Second most dumbest sentence I read in this article.
think: Pixar inside of Disney
And look how hot their movies are doing right now.
If Apple wants software to move hardware, it?s hard to imagine a better buy. And it would allow them to use a nice chunk of their overseas cash hoard to boot!
Apple doesn't need hardware to move software because people buy Apple products specifically for the asthetic design of their hardware, and the easiness and appeal of their software. Plus, they have Adobe to push units for them anyway.
And is he familiar with laws overseas.
The Japanese are very conservative. They will
never allow a foreign company to buy out a Japanese company. Especially one with as much prominence as Nintendo.
I cannot believe I wasted my time reading such a ridiculous article.