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I like this one better:

"Nintendo is trying to find its nitch in an industry it help create. I feel for "Nintendo, it's playing catch up again with it's so called "revolution". One question, where's the revolution in this console? Is it the controller? Guess not because no controller has been shown or mention. So it's the games, nope because they're just re-releasing games that have appeared in all of it's previous systems. So is it the fact that you can download old games? That's not really revolutionary because that's backwards capability which was first done by the PS2 in 2000 with games from the PS1. Besides you can download games now from the internet for free from any old console. No revolution is to be found here.

Rather than try to compete with X-Box 360 or PS3, Nintendo has chosen to be nastalgic and re-live it's former glory days when it ruled. I'm not a hater, I own a GameCube and a Game Boy SP, I owned a SNES, I know Nintendo. Their days are numbered, PS3 and X-Box will be the consoles flying off the shelves, the revolution is a De-Evolution in gaming. I'd much rather pay the extra $$$ for a PS3 or an X-Box 360. R.I.P. Nintendo, stick to handhelds."

So many errors, both factual and grammatical.

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I like this one better:

"Nintendo is trying to find its nitch in an industry it help create. I feel for "Nintendo, it's playing catch up again with it's so called "revolution". One question, where's the revolution in this console? Is it the controller? Guess not because no controller has been shown or mention. So it's the games, nope because they're just re-releasing games that have appeared in all of it's previous systems. So is it the fact that you can download old games? That's not really revolutionary because that's backwards capability which was first done by the PS2 in 2000 with games from the PS1. Besides you can download games now from the internet for free from any old console. No revolution is to be found here.

Rather than try to compete with X-Box 360 or PS3, Nintendo has chosen to be nastalgic and re-live it's former glory days when it ruled. I'm not a hater, I own a GameCube and a Game Boy SP, I owned a SNES, I know Nintendo. Their days are numbered, PS3 and X-Box will be the consoles flying off the shelves, the revolution is a De-Evolution in gaming. I'd much rather pay the extra $$$ for a PS3 or an X-Box 360. R.I.P. Nintendo, stick to handhelds."

So many errors, both factual and grammatical.

I think he makes some valid points.

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I don't think he makes any valid points.

I hope he's wrong in everything he assumes, but the main points of his post are that there's very little about the Revolution that seems to be revolutionary, and that Nintendo really need to try harder to compete with the companies that have wiped out their market share in the console business. These are both valid criticisms.

I personally can't even see why we need to rush headlong into the next generation (for me, the new Zelda blew everything else away at E3), but like it or not that's what's happening, and Nintendo need to start showing people that they intend to compete. Perhaps the guy didn't express himself particularly well, but I don't think his comments can necessarily be dismissed out of hand.

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I hope he's wrong in everything he assumes, but the main points of his post are that there's very little about the Revolution that seems to be revolutionary, and that Nintendo really need to try harder to compete with the companies that have wiped out their market share in the console business. These are both valid criticisms.

BOLLOCKS they are. Does anybody (except soong with his amazing insider info) know what the revolution is? NO! So how the fuck can people criticise it for not being revolutionary. Do you see me criticising a film I haven't seen because I think it's too gory? NO! Because that would be incredibly retarded. His second FUCKING STUPID observation that nintendo are doomed ONLY follows from his IDIOTIC first criticism. Overall I'd give that review FUCKOFF/10

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BOLLOCKS they are. Does anybody (except soong with his amazing insider info) know what the revolution is? NO! So how the fuck can people criticise it for not being revolutionary. Do you see me criticising a film I haven't seen because I think it's too gory? NO! Because that would be incredibly retarded. His second FUCKING STUPID observation that nintendo are doomed ONLY follows from his IDIOTIC first criticism. Overall I'd give that review FUCKOFF/10

Calm down. I started out by saying that I hope his assumptions are wrong, but if they are correct then his points are valid. Nintendo's E3 showing this year was disappointing, and as you say, nobody knows what the Revolution is. Quite a pertinent point is that we are at the stage where people should know, simply because both Microsoft and Sony (Nintendo's competitors, no matter how much Nintendo try and pretend otherwise) have both committed themselves to the next-gen arms race. In the perception of the general gaming public, the next gen is starting to happen now, and Nintendo's reluctance to commit itself is only going to put it in a weaker position.

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Amazing what brand loyalty inspires in customers, isn't it? When all's said and done, the average joe doesn't want to concede he's bought something that doesn't offer the gaming world to them - and this is true of both adult and teenager alike.

Calm down. I started out by saying that I hope his assumptions are wrong, but if they are correct then his points are valid.

Yes, his guesswork has merit but then so does everybody elses when information regarding the revolution is so scarce - the rev controller COULD be chewy and capable of space travel - we just don't know. <_< Basing his entire argument on his own twisted and rudimentary understanding of the industry - and Nintendo's place in it right now - is pointless. Market share (presumably the crux of his argument) doesn't necessarily determine how much profit is made.

Nintendo make money from every Cube sold. They make money from the software, the peripherals and the licensing. And whilst it's true Sony and Microsoft also benefit from these avenues, Nintendo don't have a massive piracy problem bearing down over them. In the end, it amounts to a business model which isn't harming Nintendo any - this generation, I bet they've made more dosh than Microsoft's Xbox has.

Nintendo's E3 showing this year was disappointing, and as you say, nobody knows what the Revolution is.

Not really. I'm not alone in saying that the DS - a console available right now - stole the show completely. Despite not showing the Rev, despite having not a lot to show for GC besides Zelda, Nintendo came to E3 with far more than tech specs and dodgy hardware demonstrations.

In the perception of the general gaming public, the next gen is starting to happen now, and Nintendo's reluctance to commit itself is only going to put it in a weaker position

It's also a widely held view that the next gen is coming far too early - some might appreciate Nintendo holding back till there's something to really get excited about.

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