AdmiralViscen
Banned
Ninja Scooter said:i am still up in the air about buying a revolution, but still this is the best idea for Nintendo, and if i were in charge this is exactly the route i would have gone. Nintendo already tried going toe to toe with Sony/MS with the Gamecube and it got them nowhere. Things wouldn't have changed this next generation. Graphic whores and techies are going to buy an xbox or ps. Nintendo finally came to grips with the idea that they cannot compete on that playing field. This allows them to enter the market at a low price point and make the controller and VC the stars of the show. Hell, i don't even know if the Rev is going to be a huge success to be honest, but this puts them in a MUCH better position to make waves and be succesful than releasing some $300-400 super system that once again fails to compete with what MS and Sony are offering.
QFT.
If they weren't ever going to be within spitting distance of 360/PS3, then why bother even going halfway? Halfway is not enough; they would be painted as underpowered and no one would give them credit for being better than XBox. If you're not going to stay right on par, then you might as well go for bottom rung, to keep the prices as low as possible (for themselves, consumers, and developers).
Was there any other way to go for Nintendo? I don't think there was.