The Wii to be Nintendo's last Console?!?!

[misterd]

I heard this too.

About the GameCube.

And the N64 before it.

The Wii is perfectly in keeping with what Nintendo has been saying for the past... oh, at least 5 years, probably more... that there is more to games than just graphics, and that simple, intuitive controls were needed to entice the larger market.

Really, there are times that I think the entire GameStop franchise is simply an arm of the Sony PR machine.

WHere is the logic in this?

Does Nintendo say "Gee, our last consoles didn't do so hot, let's stop making them. But first, let's do just one more to really flush our reputations in the toilet!"

Either the consoles were making them money, or they weren't. If they were (and they were), there was no need to stop. If they weren't (they were), there was no sense in continuing when they could immediately begin licensing out some of the biggest fanchises in gaming.

Look at SEGA or Atari. The DreamCast and Jaguar were their last consoles. That was NEVER their intent. They jumped into the console war hoping to reclaim former glory, and were forced out because of horrible reception (justified with the Jaguar, not so much the DreamCast). In hindsight, both moves were signs of desperation, not resignation. If Nintendo really felt that it was on the verge of losing the console war, I'd expect similar behavior (and really, has there been anything about the Wii that has implied Nintendo is desperate? If anything they played coy, even keeping advertising to a minimum leading up to launch).