Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:42 pm 0

Snakey wrote:
rockwaldo wrote:Money isn't always the final word. To say that your interest is completely gone due to a slightly high price (in your opinion) would suggest that you had little significant interest in the first place, which would in turn make the fact that you choose to tell us that you are no longer interested very irrelevant. Just saying like.
Not so, dear Sir.

My interest is gone because, at that price, it's never going to be anything but third place. Knock just a small amount off that price and it actually stood a chance of being first place.

Third place for a developer = no interest.

Ah, now thats different. I can see how it could be of no interest to a developer (however i read everywhere that developers are flocking to develop for the Wii - which does suprise me somewhat).

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:54 pm 0

Cheaper to develop for, init?
(perception wise at least...)

Also, Sony claiming they are attracting a new audience with their PSP and Nintendo are losing core gamers with the DS seems to reak of a company getting desperate:
http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=9590

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:33 pm 0

rockwaldo wrote:Ah, now thats different. I can see how it could be of no interest to a developer (however i read everywhere that developers are flocking to develop for the Wii - which does suprise me somewhat).

Relatively cheap to chuck out a few games for it and see if it floats or not, maybe?

Perkunas · Post by **Perkunas** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:24 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Also, Sony claiming they are attracting a new audience with their PSP and Nintendo are losing core gamers with the DS seems to reak of a company getting desperate:
http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=9590

Sheer arrogance as usual.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:50 pm 0

How come the loosing part never admits defeat? Why can't they (in this case, Sony) just say "we did our best, but y'know, we got our ass seriously kicked...better luck next time I guess."

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:53 pm 0

Wii gets Dolby sound!!!

http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/092320 ... _treatment

Not too sure what that means, but I imagine it must be a good thing.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:56 pm 0

Marius wrote:How come the loosing part never admits defeat? Why can't they (in this case, Sony) just say "we did our best, but y'know, we got our ass seriously kicked...better luck next time I guess."

The first law of Ratnerism - Never admit your product is crap:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ratner

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:01 pm 0

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:05 pm 0

disciple wrote:Wii gets Dolby sound!!!

http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/092320 ... _treatment

Not too sure what that means, but I imagine it must be a good thing.

Isn't that the same as the Gamecube?

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:07 pm 0

One posher, I think.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:17 pm 0

Marius wrote:How come the loosing part never admits defeat? Why can't they (in this case, Sony) just say "we did our best, but y'know, we got our ass seriously kicked...better luck next time I guess."

Exactly how would "defeat" be defined, then?

I remember when the competition was running circles around the N64 and the Cube. The Nintendo loyalists would insist that just because you're not number 1, it doesn't mean that you've failed...

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:22 pm 0

Anders wrote:
Marius wrote:How come the loosing part never admits defeat? Why can't they (in this case, Sony) just say "we did our best, but y'know, we got our ass seriously kicked...better luck next time I guess."
Exactly how would "defeat" be defined, then?

I remember when the competition was running circles around the N64 and the Cube. The Nintendo loyalists would insist that just because you're not number 1, it doesn't mean that you've failed...

Which is true surely ... Failure would be Sega, moving out of the hardware market altogether..and Nintendo are still here..

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:23 pm 0

Sega are still in the hardware market, just not the home market.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:23 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Which is true surely ... Failure would be Sega, moving out of the hardware market altogether..and Nintendo are still here..

And so is Sega.

Things are different, but they're still around.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:27 pm 0

Anders wrote:
Deckard wrote:Which is true surely ... Failure would be Sega, moving out of the hardware market altogether..and Nintendo are still here..
And so is Sega.

Things are different, but they're still around.

Umm yeah but not in, perhaps a different phrase - the "global" hardware market. Nintendo for God knows how many years are still Top Dog in the handheld market and frankly I take great pleasure in that