Kubukeka sengathi Nintendo ushaya ongaboni. Iqiniso ukuthi singaphendukela emazwini amaningi nasezisho zesaga esidumile ukuzama ukuhlobisa ngamagama isimo lenkampani yomlando wamavidiyo esidlula kuso njengamanje, esinikele kakhulu embonini futhi esiphumelele kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, leyo nkambo ithathiwe kusukela ngesikhathi se- I-Wii akubona bonke ababethanda futhi beyincithakalo I-Wii U ulibangise olwandle lapho izivunguvungu ezinamandla zabiza khona PlayStation 4 y Xbox One bangayishwabadela uma kungekho kaputeni onesibindi sokuqondisa umkhumbi ngendlela efanele.
Kuyacaca ukuthi imboni yegeyimu yevidiyo ibingeke ibe yilokhu eyikho namuhla uma Nintendo Bekungeke kube yinkampani yanyakenye eletha ama-franchise anamandla, abalingiswa bezithonjana, nezinto ezintsha ze-hardware. Ake sicabange ngama-franchise UMario Bros, iDonkey Kong, iMetroid, Inganekwane kaZelda… Akushiwo okuningi ngale midlalo ebilokhu ifana nekhwalithi nobumnandi obuhambisana nayo Nintendo. Okunye okusha ku-hardware kusuka esandleni se- omkhulu uN bebelokhu bekhaliphile njengama-cartridges uqobo njengokusekelwa kwemidlalo, izinkinobho zamahlombe kuphedi ye- SNES, induku ejwayelekile ye-analog ivuliwe I-Nintendo 64, ukwethulwa kokudlidlizela ... osekuyizindinganiso kunoma iyiphi inkinobho yokulawula yamanje.
Ngokuphathelene nokududuza kwabo, kube khona omunye welime kanti esinye isihlabathi. Ikhonsoli yokuqala ye- Nintendo, abathandekayo I-NESKwakuyimpumelelo enkulu kanye nokuzalwa lapho ama-franchise abalulekile nezinhlamvu zomlando wamanje bechitha izinsuku zabo zokuqala. Lowo mshini wawuyibhodlela le-oksijeni ebunzimeni umkhakha owawudlula kubo futhi wathengisa cishe amayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-62 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngesikhathi segolide sezingcezu eziyi-16, ngalo mbango wasenganekwaneni futhi ongenakulibaleka phakathi Sega y Nintendo, lo I-Super nintendo kwakuyinduduzo yangempela ukuthi namuhla umshini wehlelo uhlonishwa yibo bonke ababuya emuva. Izwe leDonkey Kong, iSuper Castlevania, iLos Super Mario World, Inganekwane kaZelda: Isixhumanisi Esidlule, Killer Instinct, Super Metroid, Contra, Final Fantasy… Ikhathalogu ye- Ubuchopho besilo kwakunjalo nje, isilo, noma kunjalo I-Super nintendo ayifinyelelanga ekuthengisweni kwe- I-NES, ehlala kwiziduduzo eziyizigidi ezingama-49, yize kunjalo, lokhu kuthonywe umncintiswano ononya owawukhona I-Mega Drive, ikakhulukazi e-US
Isikhathi se-32/64 bit besinodlame kakhulu, isibalo esikhulu sabantu esincintisana nabo bezama ukuthola indawo emakethe yemidlalo njengoba bebona izinga umkhakha okhula ngalo. Phakathi kwalowo msindo wemishini, bathathu kuphela abasele bemi: ISaturn, iNintendo 64 y PlayStation, yize ikhonsoli Sega Akuthathanga isikhathi eside ukuguqa phansi ngokuthengisa kwayo kwama-consoles angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-9. Kwakungaleso sikhathi nje, ngemuva kokuwohloka kwezivumelwano phakathi Sony y Nintendo ukukhiqiza uhlobo lweCD lwe SNES, lapho igama le-videogame lizoyeka ukuhlanganiswa nobumbano Nintendo futhi kungaba njalo Sony ngubani ozothola lelo dumo: ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-102 PlayStation okuthengisiwe kube impumelelo yale nkampani - uma kuqhathaniswa nokucishe kube ngama-33 eyayibeka Nintendo kwezingama-64 bit-.
UNintendo wawavuma amaphutha amaningi enziwa I-Nintendo 64 futhi wathembisa ukuzihlenga nge GameCube, yize kuyindida ukuthi amanye ala maphutha aphindaphindiwe, njengokufika sekwedlule isikhathi noma ukukhetha okungalungile kokusekelwa kwemidlalo. Ngaleso sikhathi, Sega udlale ikhadi lakhe lokugcina njengomenzi we-console I-Dreamcast (Amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-10.60 athengisiwe), Microsoft wangena ebhizinisini ngekhonsoli enamandla kunazo zonke ezake zenziwa, Xbox, eyayithengisa imishini eyizigidi ezingama-24, kodwa Sony wephule amarekhodi futhi PS2: Izigidi eziyi-155 zomlandeli wePSX zathengiswa emhlabeni jikelele.
Y Nintendo? GameCube kwaba ukwehluleka ukuhweba, yize ngokusho omkhulu uN abalahlekelwanga yimali yekhonsoli ngayinye ethengisiwe, amanani abo okuthengisa asala ezigidini ezingama-21.74, ngemuva Xbox nokuhlala endaweni yesithathu - qaphela ukuthi i-United States ibilokhu iyizwe lapho abathengisi abaningi bathengise emakethe yabo Nintendo ngokungangabazeki, nokuthi iqiniso lokuthi inkampani yaseNyakatho Melika yethule ikhonsoli yayo yenza amakhasimende amaningi akhetha Xbox esikhundleni se by GameCube: yebo Xbox bekungeke kube semakethe, mhlawumbe namhlanje izinto bezizohluka emkhakheni. Yebo N64 kuthathwe njengokuhluleka ngalezo zigidi ezingama-33, ungacabanga ukuthi i-21.74 ye- GameCube. Futhi qaphela, yomibili imishini ibinemidlalo ebabazekayo ekhethekile: USuper Mario 64, uGoldeneye 007, Omnyama Ophelele, Inganekwane kaZelda: U-Ocarina weSikhathi, uMario Kart 64, uMario Kart DD, Umoya Waker, Ohlala Evil, uMetroid Prime...
Nintendo ubone ukuthi ifomula yokubheja kwi-hardware enamandla ibingasebenzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ugcine emikhonweni yakhe leyo ndlela azohamba nayo I-Mario Party 6 futhi bathi kuzoba nguquko: the wimote. Ngesiphakamiso esihlukile, I-Wii wazalwa enehardware eyayithuthumela eceleni Xbox 360 y PlayStation 3, kepha kwaba ngumshini wemfashini, kuthengiswe izinduduzo ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100, okuyinombolo engadlula kuphela Microsoft y Sony uma behlanganisa ukuthengiswa kwamakhonsoli abo amabili.
Lokho kusonteka kwifilosofi ye Nintendo Ababaningi abantu abawuthandile, kepha inani lamakhasimende elingafakwanga elisebenzisiwe abaliqhumise ngalo mkhiqizo ngokusobala lalilikhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bakhethe ifomethi ejwayelekile yemidlalo futhi ikhonsoli ibingabanjwa kalula, izinto ezidlale kakhulu ngabo. Noma kunjalo, umphumela I-Wii yahlanjululwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Enkambeni ephathekayo, asikwazi neze ukuphikisana namaJapane, ngezinganekwane ezifana nezindala Game Boy (okuthe phakathi kokubuyekezwa kwayo okuhlukahlukene kuthengise ama-consoles ayizigidi eziyi-118) noma okuphumelele kakhulu INintendo DS, Ithengise imishini eyizigidi eziyi-154, iba ilaptop ephumelela kakhulu enkampanini (futhi ngokuthakazelisayo, ibuye ingene kalula)
Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi uzama ukuphinda ukudlala nge I-Wii U akubanga ukuhlakanipha. Okokuqala, kube nokudideka kwabathengi ekuqambeni ikhonsoli ngaleyo ndlela - njengoba bekunjalo ekuqaleni 3DS futhi khumbula ukuthi iningi lomphakathi lemishini yokugcina ye Nintendo wayengesona isazi ngale ndaba - ke umphumela I-Wii ichithekile, abathengi abaningi baleyo phrofayili bashintshele ku Xbox 360, PS3, Smartphones y amaphilisi, i-console ayinayo ikhathalogu efanele - ukwesekwa komuntu wesithathu kuyadabukisa futhi iningi elizimele lizofika ngo-2014, nge PS4 y Xbox One emgwaqweni - kanye nesizukulwane esilandelayo se- Sony y Microsoft seziseduze, futhi kubiza inani lentengo I-Wii U -kamuva, 350 € ne Uhlobo lwedijithali kusuka ekubuyiseleni kabusha kwe- Umkhumbi Womoya- kubukeka njengesifiso esibizayo esingakwazi ukuncintisana nganoma iyiphi indlela ne PS4 y Xbox One.
Kuyacaca ukuthi lokhu kunikezwa NintendoMayelana nemali nekhwalithi, kuseseyisono futhi ukwehliselwa phansi okunolaka kakhulu kufanele kube yinhloso yenkampani. Yini onayo engqondweni ke Nintendo? Bambelela nge 3DS njengoba abathengisi bezitolo bezama ngamandla ukulahla isitoko sabo I-Wii U? Lindela isimangaliso lapho imidlalo ka-2014 iphuma? Iqiniso ukuthi banikeza umuzwa wokulahleka kancane.
Isimemezelo sakamuva esivela ku- Nintendo 2DS Kungachazwa njengomzamo wokuklwebha imali lapho ingaba khona, ne-hybrid console yezizukulwane ezimbili ehlelelwe ngesisekelo sezindleko eziphansi nenzuzo enkulu. Kubukeka sengathi ukuba yizingcweti zokusebenzisa kabusha isoftware okwamanje akwanele Nintendo. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi asibhekene necala elifana nelika Sega: Nintendo uyazi ukuthi umkhiqizo wakhe, abalingiswa bakhe nemidlalo kuyathengisa, futhi noma ngubani ofuna ukusondela kubo, nakanjani kuzodingeka athengwe omunye wabaduduzi bakhe.
Sizobona ngonyaka ukuthi kwenzekani lapho PS4 y Xbox One zisungulwe ngokwengeziwe nebhethri leziqu eziyisimangaliso ze- I-Wii U zisemakethe. Angazi ukuthi kungani nginomuzwa wokuthi eminyakeni embalwa sizobe siphambi kwekhonsoli entsha ye Nintendo Kungaba umshini ophathekayo onezinto zedeskithophu, kepha qaphela, akufanele basalele emuva emkhakheni weziduduzi eziphathwayo noma: ama-smartphones namaphilisi sekuvele kungamadivayisi asetshenziswa kakhulu ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo.