I would say yes. If every core Nintendo gamer can get a console that can offer their Mario/ Zelda, Kirby/ Metriod/ Donkey Kong fix, as well as getting their GTA, Battlefront, Destiny, Bioshock, Call Of Duty, Tomb Raider, Mirrors Edge, Fifa, NBA2K, Elder Schrols fix, what do you think will happen ?  Nintendo may finally again corner the market. 

Nintendo continues to release games from virtually all of their IPs, and at minimum, all of their major IPs (the ones worth spending a lot of development funds producing) each hardware generation.

They support their hardware, regardless of how well it sells, barring the rare outlier. The one upside of losing 3rd party majority/preferred support the last several generations is that they never leaned upon 3rd party developers to pick up the slack.

I can understand corporate supporters (company fans) still wanting to buy the best specs on the market for their money, while buying said specs from the company of their choice, but it usually doesn't work out that way.

It really hasn't been since the Game Cube that Nintendo had the level of third party support paired with hardware that was in certain ways best of the generation, yet the market reception for the GC based upon sales figures didn't support the level of industry adoption corporate fans want. Despite the success of the Wii, nothing changed although there is a convincing argument that was simply because the hardware specs were significantly less than competitors.

Even if Nintendo took a loss on each initial batch of units sold, something they have never done as a part of their business model, by increasing the specs and BoM while maintaining the same entry $299 MSRP, that's no guarantee that they would be selling a console that outperformed the competition any more than there would be a guarantee that best performance of generation would equate to best third party support.

The biggest problem any third party game released on Nintendo hardware is that it is directly competing with Nintendo's own games, which is a losing endeavor. Most consumers just don't buy Nintendo hardware primarily for third party games and in many ways, that dictates Nintendo's hardware design.

So while that is a TL:DNR post, it boils down to Nintendo really not being in any place to position themselves as the industry standard for hardware performance just based upon a cost/benefit comparison alone. Consumers, including corporate fans, still get all the Nintendo IPs they presumably love the company for regardless.

The entire paid subscription for online play is something consumers can thank MS for, and let's be honest, from a corporate perspective it's another reliable revenue stream, but the thing is, all one has to do is migrate to gaming on Windows to avoid those subscription fees. They know this and would gladly have XB consumers gaming on Windows while remaining within their ecosystem. 

As for those who prefer to stay on a paid XBL or PSN subscription, both SCE and MS have done their part in adding value to those accounts via discounts and free game access. Ultimately, the consumer decides whether those fees are worth the content. Heavy game buyers can easily come out ahead each year in discounts alone, so it really depends upon the individual user. 

So while it's much appreciated that Nintendo has not chosen to follow suit, it hardly makes them the best choice in consoles unless player preference favors Nintendo IPs. 

Last 4 generations. N64 was also gimped by cartridges.

To be fair, more people found Wii's motion controls interesting than the extra chipset power in the PS3 or Xbox 360.

Finding Wii motion controls "Interesting" and releasing UNDERPOWERED, CRAPPY games are 2 different things. 

The PS3 & 360 also continue to see at a high rate, I cant say the same for the Wii. 

- Moderated, Carl

Getting those games is a whole different story. They could have gotten several of those franchises on the WiiU ported from the 360 version, but they didnt. Its not just about the power of the console.

the games that did release sold like crap anyway.

I think its time to admit that those games just arent going to sell well on a Ninty console because people who want those games have 3 other platforms and they have and will continue to buy them. Look how bad PS3 started out and it still manage to outsell damn near every Ninty home console outside of Wii and NES i think. Hell Xbone with what it tried to pull might still end up selling 50mil

Pretty much. Nintendo would need to throw alot of money around to get decent third party support. I dont think it would be worth it for them.

Not for them no. And IMHO not really for anyone, i dont think most people are opposed to owning more than one system if they really want to play Ninty games or vice versa. I know I'm not.

My eyes are open now.