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Is Nintendo Doomed?

17 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/is-nintendo-doomed.173890/

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heidi2521 Original post #1
May 16, 2013 at 11:50 PM
Yes - They shouldn't enter a market that has crashed so spectacularly and stick to their successful arcade and game & watch lines.

Yes - SEGAs foothold established by the Mega Drive is too strong. Nintendo will never be able to break it.

Yes - They cannot hope to compete with a juggernaut like Sony and all third parties have left them

Yes - Now even Microsoft has entered the fray and they have lost a large part of their market share to Sony. Not only that they are obviously focusing on kiddie gamers with Celda and have abandoned their core fanbase.

Yes - Nobody will buy an underpowered console that cannot run most of the games the PS360 can. Wagglestick means that it will get no gaems.

Yes - It is selling worse than the Dreamcast. What do you expect?

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CommanderShawnzer
May 17, 2013 at 1:13 AM
^your two "rivals" are not here,so you won't get much replies.
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May 17, 2013 at 1:33 AM
^ And this thread will be better off for it. Not even facts can change the opinions of those two geniuses.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Far Far from it imo... they seem to be doing a decent job abroad, save the fact their indian market is very very poor...
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May 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM
^ You may have missed the point of this thread ;)

Check the available options.
CommanderShawnzer
May 17, 2013 at 5:13 PM
Yes they are Doomed.They should start developing games for SONY and MS :grin:
they should not have made that stupid tablet-thing with the resistive touch screen :facepalm:
They should bow before Kaz Hirai
Extreme Gamer
May 17, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Yes they are Doomed.They should start developing games for SONY and MS :grin:
they should not have made that stupid tablet-thing with the resistive touch screen :facepalm:
They should bow before Kaz Hirai

And if they just had to make a pseudo-tablet, then they should have allotted a slot for DS and 3DS game cards and maybe built a gameboy advance into it too :D
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May 17, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Yes they are Doomed.They should start developing games for SONY and MS :grin:
they should not have made that stupid tablet-thing with the resistive touch screen :facepalm:
They should bow before Kaz Hirai

Nope. All of them should move to PC, Hideki Kamiya should be made the overlord, Miyamoto should be beheaded, Iwata should be hanged, drawn and quartered, Sakurai should be flayed alive, Anouma should be stoned to death etc.

Their souls will be judged by Steve Ballmer and they will be tortured by Mark Cerney for eternity.
CommanderShawnzer
May 17, 2013 at 6:05 PM
btw where is the *self-proclaimed troll* angel?
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Flash #12
May 17, 2013 at 10:54 PM
How many times, these Console wars will happen here!!
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Flash #14
May 17, 2013 at 11:30 PM
^ Corrected
Extreme Gamer
May 17, 2013 at 11:38 PM
As long as there will be differences in opinion, I guess? But I hope you understood the point of this thread.
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heidi2521 #16
May 17, 2013 at 11:58 PM
@gearbox - Look at the options. Look at my comments and compare it to my earlier ones. By now you should have a very clear idea what the point of this thread is.
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vkl #17
May 18, 2013 at 4:37 AM
Not doomed.