The demise of Nintendo is almost upon us!

[dreams]

You've been here for a long time man, haven't you noticed YET that people do not like topics like this. All you're doing is drawing in the flames.

And this topic has been discussed 5 MILLION times before, use the search function and bump an old one if you feel the need to get "fanboy" on us.

I opt for this topic to be locked.

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!

[Kamino]

Yes, a company more than a century old, which has the best-selling portable devices on the market, the most anticipated game of 2005, and a promise of a revolutionary new console is going to go under. Sure, whatever. At least Sega showed signs of leaving the console market.

Ok, enlighten me as to what the most anticipated game of 2005 is.

[Flack]

Are you practicing "The Art of Trolling" again by any chance?

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

Thanks

~Kamino

Ditto, and +1

-50 meseta for blatant +1'ing.

[Cobra Commander]

Yes, a company more than a century old, which has the best-selling portable devices on the market, the most anticipated game of 2005, and a promise of a revolutionary new console is going to go under. Sure, whatever. At least Sega showed signs of leaving the console market.

Ok, enlighten me as to what the most anticipated game of 2005 is.

The Legend of Zelda? Maybe?? I know it is for me.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

No, this isn't any sort of a troll. It is a continuation of my other thread, but I decided to cut the other one down as this was more specifically directed at Nintendo and to make it a little easier to read.


I would imagine Zelda is probably the most anticipated game of 2005...

[TheRedEye]

Show us your stock analyst credentials or shut the fuck up. You know nothing.

[Kamino]

Yes, a company more than a century old, which has the best-selling portable devices on the market, the most anticipated game of 2005, and a promise of a revolutionary new console is going to go under. Sure, whatever. At least Sega showed signs of leaving the console market.

Ok, enlighten me as to what the most anticipated game of 2005 is.

The Legend of Zelda? Maybe?? I know it is for me.

Yeah, for me, the most anticipated game of 05 is already out. Doom 3 xbox. GTA PSP is a close 2nd, and soon to come.
Admittedly, I'm barely on top of this year's releases, because I was so concentrated on building a retrocollection in 2004. (tripled to quadrupled it in a year. ) I may have to get back into the loop soon...but fortunately for me, theres plenty of cheap used current generation crap to buy

[Avatard]

Wow, you must be really dissapointed this year.

[ubersaurus]

The only way forward for Nintendo now is to come up with something aimed more at adults. Kids are quite content playing games which don't look too good, but at the end of the day, it's the older generation they should be looking towards seeing as they are the ones who will be buying these products.

Dude, Nintendo could have a lineup of Resident Evil, Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, and fucking MANHUNT, and people would still claim they're "kiddy".

I've met many college students and women who love their current lineup, and I don't know too many adults who give a shit if has Mario jumping around or the Master Chief.

[Avatard]

Yea, that mantra about kiddy games gets old. Come up with something on your own.

[rpepper9]

I love "kiddie games" and I'm almost 30!

[GrayFox]

Are you practicing "The Art of Trolling" again by any chance?

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

Thanks

~Kamino

Ditto, and +1

-50 meseta for blatant +1'ing.

Kinda joking and all, but hey, there goes all my meseta! Huzzah!

I guess I have to type out that he's a troll and all, instead of just ditto-ing the good Kamino.

The journey for more meseta continues

[lendelin]

If Sony never released the PSP, no one would be complaining about the power of the DS as it follows the trend we were used to.

That is exactly the problem for N. Sony DID release the PSP.

This is like saying CNN would do much better and no-one would complain about it if FoxNews weren't around.

[Captain Wrong]

Here, I'll save everyone the trouble of reading this thread or of even responding in it.

Step 1:
Insert completely baseless and provocative speculation. The more outlandish the merrier.


Step 2:
Create overly emotional and equally provocative rebuttal. Take it personally and don't skimp on the word count!


Step 3:
Repeat steps 1 & 2 over open flames until thread reaches a frothy boil.

Step 4:
Lock thread.

Step 5:
Wait a few days and start process again.

[GarrettCRW]

Step 4:
Lock thread.

You forgot to do step 4.

[goatdan]

The DS is not an upgrade... until the Palm software comes out for it. When that happens, it all makes sense as to exactly what Nintendo was trying to do -- corner a market that has always had high-end stuff with low power. My Pocket PC cost $600.00 not too long ago and drains its battery when playing NES games in about forty minutes. Had the DS been released with the Palm OS on it like Nintendo originally said, it would've KICKED Dell's ass. Not just would it be more useful as a Pocket PC, but it would've been so much more powerful and cheaper.

Oh yes, but the PSP is supposed to be Nintendo's main competitor on that front. You know, as much as it is sort of (since the DS is also another game system, after all), it isn't if Nintendo ever brings out the Palm OS.

On top of that, Nintendo has tons of money in the bank. If they started losing money on any of their endeavors, they would drop them like a bad habit -- didn't _exactly_ that happen with the Virtual Boy? Nintendo didn't stick around with it trying to prove it was incredible. They cut their losses. If Nintendo was in such serious jeopardy because the DS was doing so badly for them, they would drop it. As it stands, it has sold millions of consoles, has made Nintendo tons of money and has a lot of interesting software coming out for it soon. Hardly a failure.

So yes, I fed the troll and I'm sorry... but I am really sick of listening to uninformed people take shots at the DS because of some perceived PSP "success." The PSP is successful (although not as successful as Sony expected it to be) but it hasn't wiped the DS off the face of the planet. And it won't, unless Nintendo decides it isn't worth it to them to keep it on the market.

[Captain Wrong]

Step 4:
Lock thread.

You forgot to do step 4.

If this was Off Topic, I would have.

I swear these threads are like watching train wrecks happen.

[GarrettCRW]

Step 4:
Lock thread.

You forgot to do step 4.

If this was Off Topic, I would have.

I swear these threads are like watching train wrecks happen.

Maybe you guys should start moving these threads to the Pub.

[Avatard]

Oh, I can derail it, don't you worry about that....

So, who here are cheetos fans?

[THATinkjar]

I always consider the DS an interim product from Nintendo to take whatever market it could away from the PSP. I think Nintendo had intended for their next handheld to be THE successor to the GBA. They've already made it clear they will be doing the GBA 2 soon enough. I suspect we will see that next year.

Nintendo can get stronger, but they need to stop relying on such few key titles. As much as I always want a mario game on each platform, I don't want them to keep relying on them.

[Zubiac666]

OmGZzZ!!111!!!Eleven!!11!!Elf!
ThA dS eEEz thA DooOmdD
aNd tHa PeeSp is daH aLL/\/\1GhTy !!111!!

x_x

Another week another "nintendo goes down"-thread
*yawns*

[Nature Boy]

... haven't you noticed YET that people do not like topics like this.

If this was actually true there would be all of zero extra posts in here. You know, like there are for the threads that people *actually* don't like...

Nintendo *is* doomed. I love my DS, but I wish I had a PSP instead. Sony knows how to market it self about a zillion times better than Nintendo ever will.

[LAGO]

[quote="Nature Boy" Sony knows how to market it self about a zillion times better than Nintendo ever will.[/quote]

that's not entirely true.

[Algol]

DS is going down, Nintendo is doomed, Sony owns our souls, We must sacrifice our firstborn to Ken Kuratagi...

Whatever. Can we never have one of these threads again?

[Algol]

Double post.