Then there was the Game Cube. Poor Game Cube...
Sure the Game Cube finished third in the previous cycle of consoles, but Nintendo rebounded with a killer combo upper cut to take Sony out of First Place and push them into third while Microsoft stays number two again. Nintendo itself is synonymous with video games with Mario as a poster child for the industry itself.
There was always that rivalry between Sony and Nintendo...with Sony usually coming out on the winning side...but now the tables have turned financially with Sony posting a Billion Dollar Loss...a first in 14 years. But Sony still has it's supporters right?
Sack Boy...what do you think about that???
Mario has evolved from a 2-d side scrolling sprite into and 3-dimensional force in the gaming world. He has been through the Olympics, drove numerous race tracks, danced with the stars, and even went toe to toe with Sonic the Hedge Hodge and Solid Snake in his own game on his own system. The guy has been through his fair share of battles and adventures and he s still here with a smile on his face.
He even brought the blue guy over to his side.
Sega and Nintendo???
Side by Side no less...
Samus Aran has evolved as well. From a nameless bounty hunter to a heroine supreme. Her Zero suit debut has won over even more fans. Her battles have grown darker with each game. Especially with Metroid the Other M coming soon...
Link. What else is there to say here? As good as Mario has been adventure wise for Nintendo, Link has brought the "cool" fact with his hero look, good deeds, and his ability vanquish evil no matter how great the task may be.
Nintendo may have made mistakes in the past, but lucky for them their brand backs them up. They have so many fun characters on their roster that if a battle royal erupted the sheer number of Nintendo's First Party characters trumps what Sony and Microsoft have to offer.
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Master Chief, and Kratos may be cool... and sure they could wipe out the entire smash brothers roster with ease...but they have decades to go before they can even touch Nintendo's Big 3.
So after more than 2 decades the phrase Nintendo Power still carries weight! Right Mario?
Classic Iconic Hero...
Nintendo's strengths are also there weakness, by using classic characters as their brand the new and exciting titles (also more mature and popular) are always on the 360 and the PS3. However how many gamers out there would have put money on Nintendo's rise from the depths of the Gamecube?
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
this was a great read. go big N
... Seriously?
I am talking about first party characters...Nintendo is all about owning characters that succeed on there system. sure sony and microsoft have such stronger support from 3rd parties...but Nintendo is king with making 1st party characters for their systems.
Agreed. I guess I misunderstood what you were saying in the article... oops.
I agree with the 1st party characters of Nintendo part.Samus,Link,and can make a console stay great without any assistance