I am so sorry. But this must be posted. For the sake of Maybe...just maybe someone working at nintendo, finding it, reading it, and using it.
Ok. well, Nintendo does NOT suck. It simply is behind. and it's not keeping up.
Nintendo's Consoles are always Behind in Features (not graphics nessessarily)
#1) In the old days, you could SAVE your game on the NES, while on the Genesis you could NOT.
#2) Nintendo Kept up with the graphics war with it's SNES.
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#1) While the Playstation had features like CDs which could hold tons of content, movies, and cost a LOT less, The N64 stuck with it's Cartridges refusing to let go.
#2) When the Playstation could play CDs, the N64 could not, big deal? YES, it was, CDs were BIG back then.
#3) The Dreamcast is announced and it too can play CDs, it's also CD-Rom based, and it can connect to the internet, you could even surf the web on your dreamcast. The gamecube cannot
, and even so, Nintendo ignored the UPcoming Rise of Online Gamplay and simply pretended like it was a fad. As we can see now, that was a big mistake.
#4) The PS2 is now introduced and it can play DVDs, it even uses DVDs for it's games, which allow developers to store 4+gigs onto 1 disc. Nintendo decides to use Mini-DVDs that hold 1.8 gigs. Forcing many develoeprs to Compress the #*(@&$#@ out of their games, or put the game on 2 discs, or simply NOT release the game becuase of the 1.8 gig limit (GTAuto cannot work on a gamecube becuase the game's massive expanded world must load on 1 continual disc, or else you'd have to switch back and forth everytime you went from 1 side of the city to the other)
So here we've got nintendo refusing to add a CD player or DVD player onto their conosle. They see this as non-important, and this idea of Sony's and Sega's, To make the Console a Media Center, to nintendo, was a bunch of garbage and unnessessary. (another bad move)
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N64........................................................................Playstation
-Had to buy Rumble pack seperately for controller......-came automaticly built in
-used old cartridge system.......................................-used new 700mb CDs
-played only games..................................................-played CDs too
GameCube..............................................................PS2 & Xbox
Used 1.8 gig mini-DVDs............................................used 4+gig DVDs
played only games...................................................plays CDs & DVDs too
built in rumble for controller......................................already had built in rumble
minimal online support.............................................online support
no expansion for hard-drive......................................hard-drive support
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Do you see the pattern?
Nintendo is ALWAYS behind.
It's like Sony and Microsoft are DRAGGING nintendo, forcing them to advance in order to stay in the race.
Nintendo isn't the one doing to revolutionizing, it's the other companies. They are the reason nintendo is advancing at all.
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E3 2005
Nintendo announces it's going to support online play, and it's New Console will play DVDs... FINALLY. WOW.
That was SO 4 years ago I bet they're going to announce a Hard Drive Expansion Bay like it's the Newest thing to hit the market.
But..I love nintendo, because it represents the roots of gaming. But with all of this evidence before us... I'm begining to see the truth.
Nintendo isn't a pioneer at all. It's just a japanese Playing Card company that got LUCKY, and hit it big time. Only because back then, it wasn't about power and creativity, and electronics, it was about a name, a game, and selling strategy. But when times changed and Advanced, and called for actual Talent, and advancement, Nintendo began lagging behind in the very industry it (accidently) helped create.
I really hope nintendo has a secret weapon, Becuase it does NOT look good for them. Each Console selling double less what the prevoius did.
They need to KILL Mario and Luigi and all the rest of those Old farts. And start advancing. "
mario and the classic characters ARE nintendo"... exactly, an attitude like that is the reason they are behind and are close to going out of Biz in the console industry.
And if these "old school mascots" are the only thing keeping Nintendo up. then they are weak just as we've predicted. If they can't find something other than that stupid Italian Plumber, prissy Princess, King Kong Ripp-off, and Growth-Stunned Elf. Then they are simply..."
Screwed"
I cried as I wrote this, because on one hand, i don't want them to leave, then again, it's the truth -_-
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Now, get up, and go play Final Fantasy to calm your nerves.
