i dk if it will happen. Im fearful of "core" propaganda influencing the potential of a clean break next gen. It could happen and i hope it happens but im not so sure whether Nintendo have the brand (SNES era) appeal to reverse the Western 3rd party abandonment effect this gen. I think they will get either the whole mainstream/casual market again or, if theyre not interested anymore in gaming, a
decent slice of traditional gamers who will go wherever the next FF, RE, GTA turns up.
What we know is that brand recognition means shit to core gamers, for mainstream i think Nintendo owns it.
“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.
