It sounds like they want to continue to tap the GC past the now-normal 3-5 year console lifecycle.
Casual Gamer
The "Big N" decides to focus on games, postpones hardware development.
The 3-horse race between Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft has just taken a new twist: Nintendo doesn't want to research new hardware. Instead, it will focus soley on games.
"We can't be optimistic about the game market. No matter what great product you come up with, people get bored," said Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's new President and mouth piece.
Nintendo has welcomed the era of Iwata with a new game plan, one that will see the company strive to develop ground-breaking new titles and franchises, while leaving the daunting task of advancing the console technology to the deep pockets of Sony and Mircrosoft.
"The effort to produce machines with better technology has reached its limit; if things continue, they may lead to the decline of the entire game industry." Iwatu predicts.
Rather than get caught up in the console equivalent of a nuclear arms race, Nintendo will be looking to boost its existing hardware in new ways, namely with the GameBoy Advance and the GameCube connection. Hoping the element of surprise pays off, new games that utilize the GBA and GC in unison will be developed, along with new installments in calssic series like Mario and Zelda. Nintendo is going to its bread & butter games in the hopes of reaching Iwata's goal of 50 Million GameCubes sold by March 2005.
Although Nintendo wants to maintain its innovative edge, it has also made it a point to not pioneer any new territory. Online gaming in its current form will not be pursued by Nintendo, at least not until it gains more mass appeal.
Whether or not this means that Nintendo will not be focusing on hardware ever again is yet to be seen, but the figures speak for themselves: Nintendo has posted a profit of $849 Million in the last year alone, with a 20% increase in sales from the last fiscal year. That is to say: If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Nintendo will do whatever it feels is best; it will probably mean an increase in Nintendo's profit margin, if not for its market share.
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It sounds like they want to continue to tap the GC past the now-normal 3-5 year console lifecycle.
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Rpg Master
my thoughts exactly. Everyone else on the 'net seems to think they'll never make another system (how does ridiculous shit like that spread so fast?), but I think they intend to make the most out of their current systems instead of starting work on the next ones like sony.
Pirate's Wrath
I personally think this is a good idea. That way Nintendo won't have to spend tons of money on making new hardware and getting partners: instead they can focus on software. Which is great. I think playing games on my GC for a couple years sounds great - I won't need to buy another system for a while!
Sausage-in-Training
This is music to my ear's. I have all three system, and I love them all. Still, if I had to choose one system to take with me to a far-off island, it would be the GC.
Nobody does it better then Nintendo.
"It's all in the reflexes"
Agreed! No one does it better. I like the thought of have a system and playing it for years. I just hope it doesn't mean they won't make anymore hardware. Without Nintendo I'm out of here.
Pissed 24/7
what would be interesting is that after the next couple of years, I could imagine that nintendo may switch to 3rd party development for other systems when they make the next leap. Sega seems to be doing better this way, so I don't think it'll be a problem for nintendo should they decide to do so, just as long as they support gamecube and GBA for the next few years at least.
don't wanna tangle with you, I'd rather tangle with him.
I think I'm gonna bash his head in...
Sausage
I'm sure I'll be reading rumors about how Nintendo will publish games on the other consoles...
To me, it sounds like they aren't going to release a new system until AFTER 2005. If they never make a console again, I'll be sad, like I was with SEGA, but I'm over it now...
R.I.P. 1936
I'm sorry, but console lifetimes (of sucessful systems) haven't shorted that much. Maybe Nintendo will extend it by a year or two.Originally posted by Hero
It sounds like they want to continue to tap the GC past the now-normal 3 -5 year console lifecycle.
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Originally posted by Ranji
I'm sorry, but console lifetimes (of sucessful systems) haven't shorted that much. Maybe Nintendo will extend it by a year or two.
It has'nt, but with talks of PS3 coming in 2004, and Microsoft following suite, Nintendo is standing ground. The NES lasted well over 5 years, and the Gameboy color made it 10. Maybe Nintendo wants to take the wait and see, and after the other 2 consoles are released, they will design something better.
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