This is less of a risk than what Sony or MS would have been taking. At least Ninty maintained their youth family demographic, which is in both cases of the new systems, an extension on the Gamecube / N64 design appeal, not to mention games.
It will be truly fascinating to see just what each competitor comes up with to widen their market appeal, baring of course the one or two titles, lbp bk lips, that just won't be enough.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
