Found Objects

[ljplicease]

Some recent found objects...

Hand sofas/chairs which remind me of Arrested Development

Old Nintendo Famicom Console.

That last one if for Tyler. It was the Japanese version of the Nintendo 8-bit NES that rescued the video game industry back from the jaws of death. I saw it in a store window, though it is only for decoration, and not for sale.

I’ve been reading about the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii on both Slashdot and in The Economist, and it is interesting the different ways in which they cover the video game industry. They quoted a Nintendo exec as recognizing that the video game market, in Japan at least, is shrinking and that Japan, unlike Sony, is trying to engage non hard core gamers, rather that trying to fight to regain supremacy from Sony or Micro$oft of a shrinking market. Why I think this is historically interesting, is because Nintendo flourished in a market considered dead in the early 1980s, largely due to the way the marketed the NES. That and the fact that the hard core gamers have turned on Sony recently means that Nintendo has an opportunity.

Comments

[princeofsocks.livejournal.com]

weren't those chairs taken from Buster's room and given to the maid?

many think that the Wii is going to come out on top due to its marketing strategy, low price, and innovative gameplay. i respect what Nintendo's trying to do with the Wii and DS, and hope they do well, at the very least. i'll have my Wii on launch day. :)

[plicease]

I just realized, that should have been "...is shrinking and that Nintendo, unlike Sony, is trying to..."

I want to hear what you think of the Wii. I am thinking about getting one, and Tristan was asking what to get (would be his first console) and I recommended that the Wii, based on the fact I doubt he cares if what ever he has has the fastest most impressive processor, so long as it is fun!