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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
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Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said the slump in video game software sales over the past year should not be blamed on the economic climate but on the lack of big games.

"My belief is we should not blame the bad economy for the cause of slow sales of video games. The slow sales must be due to the lack of great software that everyone wants to buy," he told Venture Beat.

"We have not shown off the great attractions of whatever we are selling. This is not the problem of Nintendo alone, but the entire video game industry. After all, something that is really fresh can make our industry grow.

"The important thing we have to tackle is making attractive games and marketing them well toward the end of this year. I think the whole industry should be more cautious about how we act and how the general public perceives us."

Nintendo absolutely rocked E3 last week with the revelation of the amazing 3DS and a truly impressive line-up of titles for it. That should do the trick.


http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=253208

He should forward that as an email to the rest of his staff, CCing M$ and $ony while he's at it :o
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
pcernie wrote:
He should forward that as an email to Ubisoft, EA and Activision while he's at it :o


Fixed
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
finlay666 wrote:
pcernie wrote:
He should forward that as an email to Ubisoft, EA and Activision while he's at it :o


Fixed


How dare you? But yes :lol:
Author:  adidan [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
finlay666 wrote:
pcernie wrote:
He should forward that as an email to Ubisoft, EA and Activision while he's at it :o


Fixed

EA own Bioware don't they? Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins... Oh and Visceral Games (Dead Space).

Quite happy with them TBH.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
adidan wrote:
EA own Bioware don't they? Mass Effect, Dragon Age Origins... Oh and Visceral Games (Dead Space).
Quite happy with them TBH.

And a few others - Battlefield Bad Company, Mirror's Edge... EA have been producing a lot of good games via third party studios for a couple of years along with the sports franchises and the Sims production line. And they now have Respawn, who were there best of Infinity Ward...

Activision, on the other hand, can go take a jump off a cliff.

Jon
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
I changed it as it's generally the 3rd party devs that pump out the chod

Fifa 20444
Maden 2145
Iron Man 2
Prison Break

etc

They may have good original IPs (mirrors edge, rdr) but they pump out the crap too more than 1st party houses
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
Poor games are the problem. I have planned to buy two games because I know that they will be good.
Author:  finlay666 [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
I have generally stopped buying games and just rent them instead now and pick up the odd game when it drops in price

Rent MW2, buy RDR/FF13 etc
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
finlay666 wrote:
I have generally stopped buying games and just rent them instead now and pick up the odd game when it drops in price

Rent MW2, buy RDR/FF13 etc

Price is a huge factor.
Author:  pcernie [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
It takes me so long to complete games these days I can't even justify renting them :oops: , and there's many I'd keep anyway :)
Author:  finlay666 [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
pcernie wrote:
It takes me so long to complete games these days I can't even justify renting them :oops: , and there's many I'd keep anyway :)


£10 a month for unlimited games, one at a time

Can get through 2 a month on shorter games, £5 a game is pretty cheap :)

I generally wait till the games drop in price before getting them though

Last game I bought for full retail was GTA4 on launch day, had it reserved etc
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
finlay666 wrote:
pcernie wrote:
It takes me so long to complete games these days I can't even justify renting them :oops: , and there's many I'd keep anyway :)


£10 a month for unlimited games, one at a time

Can get through 2 a month on shorter games, £5 a game is pretty cheap :)

I generally wait till the games drop in price before getting them though

Last game I bought for full retail was GTA4 on launch day, had it reserved etc

I generally buy games second hand for the Xbox360 and from Steam for the PC. The last game I have bought full price is Naughty bear :lol: (and that was reduced due to preorder and loyalty points!it should be on the doormat right now!). Most of the time I wait for the price to be reduced, theres no way I will fork out £50 for a new game!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Iwata: Poor games, not recession, cause industry slump
I have paid full price for a couple of games but most I get second hand off eBay or Amazon for much less. £50 is a stupid price. I might have to pay around £30 to £35 for a new mac game but I buy very few of those anyway.
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