Is Nintendo Doomed!?

Hey guys time for another Kage848 Blog,

So here is my first real blog on my Blogspot account.

Today I'm going to talk about where Nintendo is heading and the and the possible future of the gaming company. Where they have been, where they are heading and where I think they will end up in the future gaming market. So lets get started.

So I was like 10 When I was first introduced to Nintendo through the Nintendo Entertainment System, aka The NES. Needless to say I was blown away. Super Mario Brothers, Metroid and The Legend of Zelda were games I could never even dream of at the time considering I was gaming on the Atari 2600.

Fast forward a few years and Nintendo had there first real challenger, Sega. Now Sega was no big deal in the 8-bit days but then came the Genesis. Welcome to the 16-bit generation. The Genesis was a beast of a machine and gave Nintendo a run for there money, even though once Nintendo got there own 16-bit system out they actually won that generation. Still Sega showed Nintendo was not untouchable.

Now the next generation of consoles was going to introduce a new comer, Sony. Here was Nintendo's first real blunder in video games. Nintendo decided, for varies reasons, so stick with cartiges instead of using CDs. This one decision cost them Final Fantasy VII. Now that's only one game mind you, although it was a huge game that generation, but it lead to other companies making games for the Playstation because FF VII single handedly legitimized the platform. We all know how the 32-bit generation ended up, Nintendo had the ass whopped.

It only got worse the next generation with the Gamecube, the little purple lunchbox. The PS2 continued slong with it's domination and the X-Box even did very well that generation, for a new console.

Now this generation has showed some major success for Nintendo and the Wii. The Wii had some early hardcore success with games like Twilight Princess and Smash Brothers. Oh and Mario Kart Wii was good as well. After that though Nintendo fell into the casual space. The Wii was too far behind the other consoles in major features, graphics and online being the main two. Still the casuals and the early hardcore made the Wii and insane success.

Now that I have got all that out of the way I'll explain to you why I think Nintendo will be on there way out soon if things don't change.

First of all the only companies Nintendo has ever beaten, before this gen, was Sega and Atari. Well there were others but these two were the only real ones. Now Nintendo is facing two companies with deep pockets. Like REALLY DEEP POCKETS! I don't think many people realize just how BIG Microsoft and Sony are compared to Nintendo.

Now Sony, and to a lesser extent, Microsoft build these insanely powerful machines and do something Nintendo can't afford to do, sell them at a loss. The original Playstation 3 cost Sony $800 to produce at the time and they were charging $600 for it. Microsoft had it better but they still took a loss for a while. Nintendo can't afford to do that.

So Nintendo can't put out the kind of machines the other two can. They have to rely on innovation for there success, ie the Wii...

Can Nintendo do it again? I don't know but I fear for the company. The day I have to buy Zelda on the 360 or PS3 I will die a little inside...

I wish them luck...



Kage