Comm. Stealth

Birdmen and the Casual Fallacy (Nintendo’s succes?)

This is a very good and lengthy article by Sean Malstrom.
“Centuries ago, men attempted to fly … Birds fly. Birds have wings. Therefore, having wings should mean man will fly. … Had they examined the nature of flight, as opposed to the nature of birds, they would have realized the concept of lift (as Bernoulli did). …”
~ -Analogy of the birdmen to put on feathers rather than study flight was graciously taken from Professor Christensen of Innovatorâ€™s Dilemma fame who uses it to describe businesses trying to ride a disruptive wave but do not know it is disruption.
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The fad was not in Nintendoâ€™s strategy but in third parties (incorrect) interpretation of Nintendoâ€™s strategy. Trying to escape their hardcore labyrinth, many are donning waxy casual wings to fly over the vast Blue Ocean. Those wings will melt and many millions will be lost as they plunge into the deep.
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Actually I want to quote everything, so go READ~! Also, hehe at mythology and other references.

It got quite some good points and especially about mentalities and such. A few can be refuted or viewed/concluded differently, I guess.
Also it’s not about Nintendo’s plan/model and etc. only~

April 26, 2008 By CommS007

‘Shoppings’ sort of~

Well, I dropped by today at my Game Mania store in Kortrijk, haven’t been there in 5-6 weeks and also didn’t buy anything the last few times. Was searching for ’sins of a solar empire’ and etc. interesting PC titles. Apparantly it is for now unly USA (>O_o)
And spur of the moment I pre-ordered Kart and Brawl (>o_o) Meaning I must buy a Wii soon… Well, I guess I could send them to someone else (along with the extra “Zelda Windwaker” limited edition with “Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest” and CIV IV Complete collection <= also planned way back).
Hmmm, also I haven’t been ‘outside’ (except for class), but that is related to my mood, the dominating psychological perspective and things… Drifting off uhmm (>O_O) So yeah, spending money is bad bad~!
Also ordered Zach and Wiki~! =D Actually if I’m going to get the Wii I need to like spend 800+ euros on console, waggles and games… Already planned way way back o_o

April 9, 2008 By CommS007