bobbyconover said:As many times as we'll keep buying them. Best selling DS launch game, ya know!
I told some female friends who haven't played a new console since the SNES about the DS, and the one of the first questions they all asked me is whether you can get the old Mario games on it. In other words, there's still a lot of demand for the classics.
Sho Nuff said:My ex-boss (who used to work at Nintendo Japan) told me this:
It's a question of a resetting marketshare. You're selling to kids. And kids grow up. By the time a 10-year-old becomes a surly teenager and no longer cares about Mario or Pokemon, you can essentially repackage the same title and sell it again to a brand new audience of kids.
That's also why Nintendo will never go out of business. There will never be a shortage of kids.Sho Nuff said:It's a question of a resetting marketshare. You're selling to kids. And kids grow up. By the time a 10-year-old becomes a surly teenager and no longer cares about Mario or Pokemon, you can essentially repackage the same title and sell it again to a brand new audience of kids.
Mother 1+2 did come to the GBA...trippingmartian said:I would buy Mother 1 +2, Actraiser, Final Fantasy VI, and Earthbound if they came to GBA. I have to admit there's something appealing about having your favourite games from the 90's right in your pocket.
They're trying to sell them to people who haven't played them before, not you.moondance said:How many times does Nintendo want to sell me the same game?
Useless as I can't read Japanese. Forget the cost of importing. There's already official translations for North America, so Nintendo is either being stubborn or stupid in not bringing it over here.MetatronM said:Mother 1+2 did come to the GBA...
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moondance said:GameBoy advance, lets give em Mario again. DS, let's get them to buy it one more time. Is it just me or is Nintendo playing everyone for a sap?
mumu said:That's also why Nintendo will never go out of business. There will never be a shortage of kids.
Kiriku said:Why didn't they ask about NEW Mario games??![]()
moondance said:GameBoy advance, lets give em Mario again. DS, let's get them to buy it one more time. Is it just me or is Nintendo playing everyone for a sap?
moondance said:GameBoy advance, lets give em Mario again. DS, let's get them to buy it one more time. Is it just me or is Nintendo playing everyone for a sap?
Sho Nuff said:BOOM. You nailed it. Nintendo is a toymaker and always have their market. It's not like people say "Oh, how many fucking times will Mattel re-release Barbie? I want something new! Doomed!"
To survive, I think Nintendo needs to position itself MORE as a toymaker. They can easily do this with stuff like DS, but the console market is extremely cutthroat and the same rules do not apply when your hardware is very similar to the competition (i.e. a standard gamepad with buttons and no gimmicks). (Now, if the Revolution had twisty sticks on the side of it and a giant rubber boob thing in the middle of the controller...)
Nintendo making adult-themed games like ED is akin to Hasbro making those huge foot-tall GI Joes for the collector's market--it's all about courtesy and expanding to smaller marketshares. And the adults who complain about Nintendo not paying attention to them are akin to the collector's market wailing that there aren't enough foot-tall GI Joes.![]()
moondance said:Is it just me or is Nintendo playing everyone for a sap?
moondance said:GameBoy advance, lets give em Mario again. DS, let's get them to buy it one more time. Is it just me or is Nintendo playing everyone for a sap?
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