Could Nintendo Save Themselves with PC Releases?

[Roxas1359]

Sega are a Japanese company not American

They are based now in Japan, but if historically speaking then it was founded in America, more specifically in Hawaii back in 1940 as Service Games. It transitioned fully to being a Japanese company, Sega Enterprises in 1984 it seems. Both of you are technically right in this case.

 

[MetalDooley]

They are based now in Japan, but if historically speaking then it was founded in America, more specifically in Hawaii back in 1940 as Service Games. It transitioned fully to being a Japanese company, Sega Enterprises in 1984 it seems. Both of you are technically right in this case.

Really?I was always under the impression that they were a wholly Japanese company.Huh you learn something new everyday I guess

 

[Roxas1359]

Really?I was always under the impression that they were a wholly Japanese company.Huh you learn something new everyday I guess

Yep. Sega didn't get their first Japanese CEO until I think 1979. They used to make only arcade machines and slot machines, hence Sega's obsession with them. Eventually some Japanese investors bought Sega and moved it's headquarters to Japan, mainly after Sega was renamed to Sega Enterprises.

 

[Qvar]

I agree with the general idea that Nintendo, while has made many many enjoyable games along the years, is stuck in past times when we talk about comercial practices. Maybe it's a japanese thing, but they're scarily conservative about anything to do with copyrights, internet, piracy, cds, virtual purchases... Well, pretty much any tech it hasn't been invented by themselves. Which is funny because they've been the ones inventing things most of the time when it comes to consoles.

I really, really hope that they will change their attitude. I would love to go back to the times when I bought nintendo products, but seeing how things are going it won't be happening soon.