09-25-2005, 04:29 PM
Nintendo used to *own* the video game market, and then they destroyed themselves with the N64 with their apparently morbid obsession with cartridges. Now once again, they're releasing a system with the worst hardware specs, worst online play, and worst peripherals. How long are people going to be willing to put up with Nintendo's head-in-the-sand crap? Zelda and Mario can only take you so far.
The logic behind their new remote... err controller... completely baffles me. They aimed for simplicity because they thought there were "too many buttons" on the controllers and that the 10 buttons scared people off. Personally, I have never ever seen anyone not want to play video games because there were too many buttons.
For cripes sake, there's a reason that the number of buttons on controllers has been steadly increasing: THE GAMES NEED MORE BUTTONS. We're well past the era of A jump / B attack here people.
Virtual Boy, Powerglove, N64, N64 DD, Game Cube, and now Revolution. And what's Nintendo's big accomplishment to line up against this list of fialures? The analog stick. Wow, great.
This remote/controller fiasco just smacks of "holy crap we're getting our butts kicked, let's do something crazy to try and save our asses."
The last sales figures I've seen had the DS at 5 million units and PSP at 2.5 million units. Sony's first foray into the handheld market and they seize 1/3rd of the handheld sales while releasing the hardware and media superior handheld. The problem with pointing at Nintendo's handheld "dominance" is that they just have never had any real competition.
The logic behind their new remote... err controller... completely baffles me. They aimed for simplicity because they thought there were "too many buttons" on the controllers and that the 10 buttons scared people off. Personally, I have never ever seen anyone not want to play video games because there were too many buttons.
For cripes sake, there's a reason that the number of buttons on controllers has been steadly increasing: THE GAMES NEED MORE BUTTONS. We're well past the era of A jump / B attack here people.
Virtual Boy, Powerglove, N64, N64 DD, Game Cube, and now Revolution. And what's Nintendo's big accomplishment to line up against this list of fialures? The analog stick. Wow, great.
This remote/controller fiasco just smacks of "holy crap we're getting our butts kicked, let's do something crazy to try and save our asses."
The last sales figures I've seen had the DS at 5 million units and PSP at 2.5 million units. Sony's first foray into the handheld market and they seize 1/3rd of the handheld sales while releasing the hardware and media superior handheld. The problem with pointing at Nintendo's handheld "dominance" is that they just have never had any real competition.
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London