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Originally Posted by SuperShredder84
If Nintendo didn't go all soft in 96 when they released N64, they wouldn't be in this mess right now. Companies like Squaresoft, Capcom and Konami would be making plenty of games for them and they could maintain their reputation. But the fact that they decided to introduce this whole "minimal violence" theme to their system is what let them down. This is exactly why I bought a PS then and not N64. All the good game series left Nintendo and went on to Sony who had no rules about what kind of games they'd market. If Nintendo wants to become equal again, they need to do exactly the same thing - eliminate their high censorship standards. It's rather ironic how their hendheld games manage to be quite good and yet their console games suck lately. And on the question of their disappearance - it probably won't happen. If anything, Nintendo will eventually disappear in a financially beneficial merger with another company. And if it does suddently go away, then sure there will be a big void to fill, but I think Sony and Microsoft will compensate for that just fine. All they have to do is produce more unoriginal games, and people will buy them just because they're there. Sure, older fans might turn away, but a new generation of kids won't give two ***** about "the good old days". So I figure that the game industry will keep thriving anyway, it's just that eventually it will become morphed into something completely different from today.
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And it seems that Sony's marketing's gotten to you too... Luckly, you're around people who know the facts.
1) Nintendo NEVER said what games could and could not go on their system. That was the 3rd parties choice. Keep in mind that Resident Evil DID go on the N64, and that Silicon Knights Eternal Darkness was originally a N64 title, both VERY "mature" games.
2) And yes, the game industry would begin to collapse. Nintendo might release upgrades or ports, yes, but they also create fully original software at the same time. Pikmin, Wario Ware, the e-Reader, Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga, Fire Emblem, Super Smash Bros., Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime.... I could type this all day.
Also, Microsoft's Live service isn't doing as well as they'd have you belive... only 23% of X-Box gamers are online. TWENTY THREE percent. And yes, Nintendo IS working on an online network. The GBA is going to have a big mofo LAN deal if you live around stores when Pokemon Fire/Leaf (more games are supporting the wireless adapter too, not just Pokemon), and I think they're just perfecting this technology so you'll have FREE online gaming.
And Sony's Eye Toy? Gameboy Camera ring a bell? Webcams? I've been doing what Eye Toy's doing on PS2 ever since I got my computer a good 4 years ago. Eye Toy is the most gimmicky thing I have ever seen, peroid.
One more point... Squaresoft and Capcom ARE making plenty of games for them now... and so is Namco (Soul Calibur 2 sold the best on Gamecube, btw). Infact, Nintendo financed the set up of a new stuido for Square, and Capcom has been one of their closest developers this generation (RE4, Viewtiful Joe, Killer 7, PNO 3, and Dead Phoenix, along with the REmakes and an exclusive Mega Man game).