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This weekend I was in San Juan beach with friends and we near the department stores of Toys 'R' Us to take a look at their products.

We all know that is not a department store specializing in games, but have a section dedicated to it (quite low by the way). It just has a variety of games on Xbox360 or PS3, however there are more games and even Wii or NDS, PS2, Game Cube or Xbox.

My surprise was finding two games, NBA Live 2003 and 2004 , for Xbox and GameCube, respectively, at the same price they had on the day of its release for over 7 years.

We all know that Toys 'R' Us makes your business with toys and will not compete in the market for video games with other retailers like Game or Gamestop (specialists in video games), but could catch up to other centers such as Media Markt, Carrefour ... who are slowly becoming hollow, and are considered as an alternative to the gamers when buying a video game.

I leave you with photos of the two games, when I saw him I did not believe, or have we gone mad, or is being revalued the classic NBA Live ...

Nintendo platforms are complicated. Nintendo managed as one their own world, making the games more suitable for children and the casual audience, but is unable to attract the market "hardcore" (the most played) a Wii or Nintendo DS. A while criticizing the attitude of Nintendo of abandoning those who maintained their faith in the company in time for Game Cube , now I must say that there are laudable attempts to win back their fans more demanding, but these come only from third parties (third parties) and are not working as expected.

The editors were on the Wii and Nintendo DS a huge untapped market gap. The theory was clear: the largest park in consoles + audience demanded more elaborate games + good reviews + good marketing = sales success. No, friends. Mardworld has sold only 66,000 copies in the United States with a fleet of almost 23 million consoles . With House of the Dead: Overkill has spent three-quarters of the same. Something has gone wrong, but ... what?

I think that if Nintendo wants to fish, you should wet your ass with games for adults. Nobody makes games like these, but not only Miyamoto fans live. They need a Kojima . But what is affecting my humble opinion is the high level of piracy of Nintendo platforms. Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is the clearest example: after obtaining the best reviews of that platform has sold less than 90,000 units in the U.S. in March .

The next stop for hardcore is "The Conduit". ¿So that Madworld will run better?

* More information :: Games "hard" not sold in Nintendo

Miyamoto Yahoo! has launched a question anyone can answer it. The great "Spielberg of videogames" wants to know at what age did you hear about Nintendo for the first time and what it means now that name for you. Miyamoto himself will choose the best answer among all received, so Concentrate, think of your childhood gold with a game boy, NES or Super Nintendo on the hands and confesadle your feelings and sensations. By the way, if any of you like ... let me know!

Miyamoto answers here .

Shigeru Miyamoto Profile:

Considered by his peers as the greatest game designer in the world, and described as "The Spielberg of video games" by Time Magazine (May 1996), Shigeru Miyamoto is the Director General of the Development Division of Nintendo Co. , Ltd. Among its responsibilities, Miyamoto is the "creative force" behind popular video games created for Nintendo consoles: Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Miyamoto joined Nintendo family in 1977 as an industrial designer. He created the world famous Mario games, Donkey Kong and Zelda, and thus is one of the most respected in the videogame industry. In 1981, Nintendo went on sale the first Miyamoto masterpiece, the arcade game Donkey Kong. In 1985, Nintendo released their Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Mario Bros., Miyamoto also created. The side camera movement (side-scrolling) that appears in Super Mario Bros., became a standard for future console games. Over time, it sold over 40 million units worldwide of this title, and thus was born the most successful series of video games, Super Mario, with over 150 million units sold worldwide. To date, Miyamoto has been linked directly in over 80 different titles from Nintendo, and is also the producer of the Kirby games ™ and Pokémon ®. Among his recent projects include The Legend of Zelda ®: The Wind Waker ™, Metroid ® Prime, Super Mario Sunshine ™, Pikmin ™, Luigi's Mansion ™ and The Legend of Zelda ®: Ocarina of Time ™, which have been considered as the best games of all time. In 1998, Miyamoto was honored to be elected the first character of the Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame) of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Mr. Miyamoto was born in November 1952 in Kyoto (Japan). A graduate of the University "Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts and Crafts in Ishikawa (Japan)".

Yesterday I read a story in which the vice president of Nintendo of America claimed that production had stopped GameCube, which presumed dead platform game that a few months after receiving the anticipated game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess . Well, Nintendo Europe now denies the story and ensures that production is ongoing. Which is it?

- Nintendo GameCube production stops .
- Nintendo GameCube will continue to support .