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Nintendo becomes Japan's 2nd most valuable company
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it's difficult to feel much patriotism as an american -- america having become some noxious cocktail of obesity, ignorance, and military aggression
but when i compare the xbox 360 and halo 3 to the wii and whatever garbage nintendo is pushing these days -- i think i feel a certain stirring in my breast -- a stirring not wholly unpatriotic
plus i've been watching 'the war,' which hits patriotism buttons i didn't know i had
we'll beat back the nintendo menace yet -- halo 3 will be like the pivotal american victories at midway and guadalcanal, so powerfully depicted by burns and co.
off to attend midnight launch. i'm wearing red and blue. and there's this ugly white hoodie i've got half a mind to put on.
but when i compare the xbox 360 and halo 3 to the wii and whatever garbage nintendo is pushing these days -- i think i feel a certain stirring in my breast -- a stirring not wholly unpatriotic
plus i've been watching 'the war,' which hits patriotism buttons i didn't know i had
we'll beat back the nintendo menace yet -- halo 3 will be like the pivotal american victories at midway and guadalcanal, so powerfully depicted by burns and co.
off to attend midnight launch. i'm wearing red and blue. and there's this ugly white hoodie i've got half a mind to put on.
Crayon Shinchan
Aquafina Fanboy
drohne said:
Project Midway eh. More like Project Red Rings amirite?
Pokeylongo
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I wouldn't really call it a cycle if it's just now the second time this has happened. More of a coincidence.Deku said:
drohne said:
But America 2.0's Wii represents gaming for the common man, and that's the spirit America was (vaguely at one point) founded on!
Now I want to compare MS's hardware construction with the cheaply run exploitation factories... is it real meat or chemicals and sawdust? The buyer doesn't know! Bwahahaha...
Actually, I must admit I've vaguely lost my point, but I will say that you, Mr. Drohne, get vaguely annoying at times -- but enjoy the camp!
tahrikmili
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Still no itprintsmoney.gif ? You disappoint me GAF.
kame-sennin
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Pokeylongo said:
I don't think it's much of a coincidence. If you take a close look, Nintendo and Toyota share similar business philosophies.
tahrikmili
Member
kame-sennin said:
Affordable crap for the masses?
JoshuaJSlone
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I remember Nintendo repeatedly being a contender for measures like "most profitable per employee", but that's quite a different measure.Deku said:
OneFiftyOne
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I know what you mean, man. tahrikmili is such a Nintendo fanboy, posting this in the Gaming Discussion board...Andy787 said:
tetrisgrammaton
Member
nice 
my portfolio is about to be blinging.
is it time to break out the scotch? i think so
my portfolio is about to be blinging.is it time to break out the scotch? i think so
Herpes Reasons
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now they have enough money in the warchest to fund third party games on PS/360.
Now how about you make more quality GAMES for the Wii Nintendo? Like new hardcore oriented franchises. Or why not releasing some Japan only NDS games here in the west? And you know, you could always make Club Nintendo equally as good in any region. Also, why not offer Europeans the choice to play their VC titles in 60Hz?! Please me goddamnit!
Pokeylongo
Member
It's still more coincidental because those two markets have nothing to do with each other.kame-sennin said:
Interesting about their philosophies, though.
Vaandaviii
Member
robertsan21 said:
I :lol much more at all the Wii lovers who get more fun talking about nintendo figures than playing wii games.
Casuals, mothers and girlfriends = make money, fans = defend, spread and bore. Mission Accomplished.
The Faceless Master
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says a dead old man no doubtAndy787 said:
This news is good for us gamers...with all the money Nintendo is making their can afford to go that little bit extra with their next-generation of Nintendo products.
Also I don't know about anyone else but atleast Nintendo tried to do something different with each new console they bring out. Sony and MS are very happy just to re-bundle you the same controller each generation and selling you a more powerful console. No change and nothing new in the way of experience except...the games themselves being more realistic looking and expansive.
I mean if they can't even come up with a new controller scheme then how can people expect the likes of MS and Sony to take the industry forward on the philosophy of just adding more power...? I think it's exactly that line of philosphy that has allowed Nintendo to rise to where it is now...more power doesn't offer a better experience or make games more fun or enjoyable...
The more that videogames companies try to make interactive movies as opposed to games the more boring this sort of gaming is getting...and tbh I thank Nintendo for just concentrating on trying to make people play and look at gaming differently...also I might not like all the games Nintendo is making/devloping and pushing out...but I can see where they are with it and it validates videogames...
Also I don't know about anyone else but atleast Nintendo tried to do something different with each new console they bring out. Sony and MS are very happy just to re-bundle you the same controller each generation and selling you a more powerful console. No change and nothing new in the way of experience except...the games themselves being more realistic looking and expansive.
I mean if they can't even come up with a new controller scheme then how can people expect the likes of MS and Sony to take the industry forward on the philosophy of just adding more power...? I think it's exactly that line of philosphy that has allowed Nintendo to rise to where it is now...more power doesn't offer a better experience or make games more fun or enjoyable...
The more that videogames companies try to make interactive movies as opposed to games the more boring this sort of gaming is getting...and tbh I thank Nintendo for just concentrating on trying to make people play and look at gaming differently...also I might not like all the games Nintendo is making/devloping and pushing out...but I can see where they are with it and it validates videogames...
Slightly Live
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gconsole said:
China says Hi.
A car company with probably over 200 billion in annual revenue. Nintendo does about 8-9 billion in net sales. It's probably not too hard to be a big company in Japan though. You look at the Global 2000 list -- most of the largest companies in this world are European and U.S. companies. Japan has only a handful in the top 100.Segata Sanshiro said:
Accountants aren't responsible for equity offerings. That's what investment bankers do. Accountants record things after they happen. Higher stock prices allows Nintendo to buy other companies easier by exchanging their stocks for shares of other companies as well as take in more money on equity offerings -- not that they really need to raise money cause they already sit on too much idle cash.
Conrad Link
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Edit: Wohoo! Yay me 1000th post... and what a awesome one to celebrate. :lol
JoshuaJSlone said:
Yeah, I was going to bring up that as well. I don't really now a lot about the the stock market, but how exactly does Nintendo profit from being more valuable? They just can make money, if they sell some of their own stock, no? If I recall correctly, Nintendo was rebuying their shares lately.
I either don't know shit about the stock market or the people who are hoping for money to fund games are in for a disappointment.
Even if I don't know shit and this makes Nintendo actually money, I wouldn't get my hopes up
It's amazing that Nintendo is still rising so high in such a fast pace.
Funny how people here say things like "how about releasing some actual games!" and such. I don't know guys.. I see them releasing one of, if not their biggest holiday line-up in more than a fucking decade. It's incredible, so many new installments of their biggest franchises all coming in such a relatively short period of time. How can you possible expect more from a first party output standpoint? Seriously, and we don't have much information on 2008 line-up but we don't know that too for DS. That doesn't mean that they won't release good stuff.. both platforms are market leaders.
Funny how people here say things like "how about releasing some actual games!" and such. I don't know guys.. I see them releasing one of, if not their biggest holiday line-up in more than a fucking decade. It's incredible, so many new installments of their biggest franchises all coming in such a relatively short period of time. How can you possible expect more from a first party output standpoint? Seriously, and we don't have much information on 2008 line-up but we don't know that too for DS. That doesn't mean that they won't release good stuff.. both platforms are market leaders.
gofreak said:
WTH...The Wii is Nintendo first console that they intentionally under-powered and that doesn't make them penny-pinching.
I think they just realised that power is not everything and that being the most powerful console doesn't translate well into leadership according to history. Weakest hardware has tended to win over in the end. Strange and bizzare trend as it is. Same formula can be applied to the handheld space...Nintendo has dominated even when other have come in with far better hardware.
I'm glad Nintendo stayed within the usual price range for a console even though I think Nintendo added $50 more to the price once Sony announced their price-bases...
F#A#Oo said:
One probably tires of hearing the same old complaint, but it really REALLY can't be stressed how much of a free pass to market domination Sony handed the competitors with that price, not only in narrowing their own market but in giving the others room to breathe. I really do think Nintendo intentionally held back on their price announcement when they heard the PS3 price, so they could work out on making a relatively insane profit on it while still being a fraction of the cost of its biggest rival.
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