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[Docwiz]

If Nintendo was an exclusive second party to either Microsoft or Sony for console games
and they still dominated the handheld market then why is this so wrong?

They would still be making money but just making it where it counts for them
and that is the handheld market. With a little still coming in from the console market.

Only Nintendo fans would think this is wrong. ***Shame***

 

[xsarien]

If Nintendo was an exclusive second party to either Microsoft or Sony for console games
and they still dominated the handheld market then why is this so wrong?

Please see previous comments about Nintendo only having to answer to Nintendo.

 

[Mr_Furious]

Please see previous comments about Nintendo only having to answer to Nintendo.

I think this would still be possible as a 2nd party. They've got the history and the franchise leverage that could dictate who they'd answer to. It's also possible Nintendo could "partner" up with another company which could change the ranking order of things.

 

[Gahiggidy]

Nintendo makes cheap products that are supposed to be fun and
REAL VR or REAL Holographic isn't cheap.

Good luck on that Dream, fanboy.

Oh, shut up. How fucking "cheap" was a computer in 1960? How about a television in 1939? How much did radios cost in 1919?

Don't dare dissmiss the idea as just a dream when researchers have already created tiny spinning polygonal cubes at ~20fps. If 20fps is good enough for the N64, its good enough for the N5, N6, N10 or whatever Nintendo system it is that first makes the jump to Holograms.

 

[Spike]

Something I don't understand and maybe someone can clarify this for me.

Why is the GameCube seen as the losing system when it is making profit for the company, yet the Xbox is seen as a winner when it continuously loses money?

Makes no sense.

 

[xsarien]

I think this would still be possible as a 2nd party.

Ifs and maybes, wonderful. Also see Jarrod's comments about Nintendo's familiarity with the hardware.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Something I don't understand and maybe someone can clarify this for me.

Why is the GameCube seen as the losing system when it is making profit for the company, yet the Xbox is seen as a winner when it continuously loses money?

Makes no sense.

I think it stems back to the mindshare of the consoles

 

[KeithFranklin]

Please see previous comments about Nintendo only having to answer to Nintendo.

Isnt Nintendo a publicly held company?

 

[xsarien]

Isnt Nintendo a publicly held company?

That has no bearing on what I'm talking about. Games need approval before they can be published for a specific system.

 

[jarrod]

I find the whole hardware argument a joke. Nothing stops Nintendo today from creating special controllers for certain games (Donkey Konga anyone). So what is there to stop Nintendo from creating a controller specially geared towards Nintendo produced titles for other consoles.

Fortunately that's not the extent of the "hardware argument".

Then thier is the GCN profit answer. Propably making a profit, but profit in itself isnt enough. Your profit needs to be greater than other investments.

Which GameCube does. Nintendo will always reap a higher return and have much more flexibilty on their own hardware... GameCube stalling in the market somewhat, yet still pulling in a high return is a testament to that.

 

[Matt]

Losing them would be akin to, I guess, when the last of the founding fathers of the USA died, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

Actually, the last founding father to die was James Madison in June 1836. Alexander Hamilton died in a duel in July 1804, and Thomas Jefferson (along with John Adams) died on July 4th, 1826.

Edit: Wow, I just realized how many pages back that comment was. Still, good fact to know, I think.

 

[Diffense]

As long as Nintendo is making money with their current business model why should they change? It's worth mentioning that Nintendo is the most profitable of the console manufacturers even with a userbase way below Sony's.

So Nintendo is going to give up it's dedicated userbase to go push and shove for attention with all the software on PS2 and XBox while paying royalties. What's so horrible about the idea? It doesn't make sense, not at this point.