Poll: R4 will it destroy nintendo?

[Graustein]

They've been around for WAY too long. If they only spend decent work into games E10 and below, they need to change or die.

That's right, how dare they make games for people other than you. The sheer gall of them, not catering to you and you alone. I'm as outraged by their antics as you are. People who don't like violence and tits don't deserve quality games, and God damn Nintendo for pretending otherwise.

On-topic, no, R4 will not destroy Nintendo. Apart from the fact that they're already taking steps [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.90930] to stop R4, the device itself isn't going to become mainstream enough to bring Nintendo down, not by a long shot. It will cut into their sales, but they have sources of revenue beyond DS games, and not even everybody who knows about it will use it.

 

[Rhaisington]

Nintendo produces more than just the "nintendo DS". It has other products that sell more, and bring more profit.....like say....the Wii, and appropriate peripherals.

 

[Sweep117]

Everyone I know with a DS has one.
Except me, because I don't have $200.

Um... I bought the expensive newer edition and it cost me about $60. For their sakes, I hope your friends didn't buy them for $200. I am endlessly ridiculed for spending that much. My friends got them for something like $40.

They got some cyclone something one which is apparently huge.

$200 Australian dollars so $126 American.

Hmmm... I'll have to look that up. Maybe that's the one that plays GBA, GBC, N64, SNES and NES games. If so, I want it. Badly.
And I didn't take into account currency differences either. I paid $60 Canadian, and that was when our dollar was on par with the States.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Yes, now I can get Nintendo Dream Wedding for free!

 

[Aardvark Soup]

Nope, but it will destroy some small indie companies developping for the DS and increases the amount of shovelware released for the system as opposed to truly good or original games. The effects of the enormous amount of DS piracy is already visible: Chrono Trigger for example is extremely hard to find in stores.

 

[Spudgun Man]

I don't see the problem. Nintendo has such a big fan base of 'good boys and girls' who wont pirate the creppe out of it using this taht they are safe as lemons.

 

[PureChaos]

they may loose some money but as long as all the new releases aren't put on, too, they should be fine. putting up older games that you can buy cheap anyway is fair enough and respect to Nintendo for not trying to milk their games for every penny and letting people get them for free.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Why do people always put unneccesary options in their polls?

And R4 won't because if it begins to pose a threat to the Big N, they will smite it with their megaton hammer.

 

[Kodlak]

No it won't destroy it. There was similar things created for the GBA and that did fine. This sort of thing has always happened, okay maybe not so much in the this generation of consoles. But the same thing was being done to PS2s only a few years ago.

 

[Typhian]

I'd say I'm a Nintendo supporter, but I think they can hack it. This technology is awesome though. Think of user-created games. That would be so cool.

 

[CyberAkuma]

I was under the impression that the R4DS is incompatible with the DSi...?

 

[fix-the-spade]

Considering how many people own DS's and use flashcarts (apparently 90%) perhaps they're Nintendo's greatest ally in disguise.
It's very easy to claim each one is lost sales for nintendo, but how many of the people using the would have bought a DS at all if the Flash Carts didn't exist.

Personally I think they're great, I bought my DS specifically for Colors and aside from 3 games (which I bought and paid for) all it's ever seen is homebrew. I wouldn't have bought a DS at all if not for homebrew.

I was under the impression that the R4DS is incompatible with the DSi...?

That was correct, for about 3 days after the DSi's japanese release, so much for hacker proofing...

 

[alecstevans]

In my opinion R4 will never destroy the Nintendo. Nintendo will be safe when compared to R4. So i think Nintendo will keep up their value and popularity.

 

[Joccaren]

Well, considering I heard about this years ago, and in that time it hasn't killed Nintendo, I'm going to go with no.

 

[Conn1496]

God I hope so.

Well, you're terrible.

Anyway, no. There's been several R4 cards before these, and they're certainly not as reliable or as common as proper DS games. So, no. Just no. They don't compete.

 

[BernardoOne]

Nope.

There is not even R4 that can play 3DS games yet.

 

[Terramax]

These cards have been available for the DS, and GBA SP before that. Nintendo are still going strong.

Nope, but it will destroy some small indie companies developping for the DS and increases the amount of shovelware released for the system as opposed to truly good or original games. The effects of the enormous amount of DS piracy is already visible: Chrono Trigger for example is extremely hard to find in stores.

I don't think it's possible to 'increase the level of shovelware' on DS (and wii).

Chrono Trigger is hard to find in stores because not many people want to play it. Simple as. People only want to play pokemon, Zelda and Mario.

EDIT: OK, and Layton.

 

[BernardoOne]

No I've never heard of this, and neither has the majority of the population, so I think Nintendo is safe.

Everyone I know with a DS has one.
Except me, because I don't have $200.

H have one and it was 15$...

 

[Wintermoot]

no because some people are still loyal or only use it for it's intended purpose

 

[lapan]

You realise this is a 3 year old thread? Nintendo is still alive and so the original question is answered.