E3 2011: Wishes, Expectations, Surprises, and Disappointments

[Diff-chan]

Whether or not you like it is irrelevant. For better or worse, there's no game controller out there that isn't directly influenced by Nintendo's work. Not a single one.

Designing and selling hardware is one of Nintendo's core competencies. Not just the hardware, but making games that are great on that hardware. The idea that they would be better off as just another 3rd party in the crowd is just dumb. There's no reason for them to do that.

I've never seen any report say that it is a good idea for a company to throw out a wildly profitable and successful core specialty where the company has decades of institutional knowledge.

The NES was underpowered compared to the SMS but overcame that with monopolistic business practices.

Did the SMS have Mario?

[Shin Johnpv]

*edit* Frog already brought up the disparity in time of release of the NES/SMS.

[Yoshi]

Whether or not you like it is irrelevant. For better or worse, there's no game controller out there that isn't directly influenced by Nintendo's work. Not a single one.

Designing hardware is one of Nintendo's core competencies. Not just the hardware, but making games that are great on that hardware. The idea that they would be better off as just another 3rd party in the crowd is just dumb. There's no reason for them to do that.

I couldn't care less whether Nintendo is better off. That is why I made the stockholder comment.

Did the SMS have Mario?

No, but I never bought a Mario for my NES either. Third party games sold me the Nintendo hardware I didn't wind up regretting.

[YellerDog]

No, but I never bought a Mario for my NES either.

Were you in the hospital?

[Yoshi]

Were you in the hospital?

I played them, but I think the only Nintendo games I bought for the NES were Zelda II and Cobra Triangle. As I've said before, Konami's logo belonged on that system.

[Diff-chan]

I couldn't care less whether Nintendo is better off. That is why I made the stockholder comment.

It's not about being a stockholder. Look at Sega now. Look at, as I said, Apple in the mid 1990's. If you like their games - well their hardware comes with it. Nintendo couldn't just throw out their entire hardware division and come out EXACTLY THE SAME on the software side. The two are linked. If you like Nintendo games you have to take Nintendo hardware.

[YellerDog]

I played them, but I think the only Nintendo games I bought for the NES were Zelda II and Cobra Triangle. As I've said before, Konami's logo belonged on that system.

Weird. There were some lovely Capcom games too, you know.

[Yoshi]

Sega has been run by monkeys who fling feces to see what sticks for years and years. There is no comparison there. Sega made great games and couldn't market. Nintendo masterfully markets overrated games.

[YellerDog]

(Except you buy all of them)

[jyoung]

Anybody found any Aliens show-floor info yet?