Just for reference it's almost virtually impossible for Nintendo to go out of the market. And if they did wow would it smell a lot of doom for it. For one they are the only company to ever make a successful handheld and virtually run a huge monopoly over the entire handheld market. If Nintendo were to dissappear from the handheld market then that entire section would most certainly crash cause I don't think there is anyone that could just pick that up. Not only that but Nintendo's software contributions are amazing. They are still the best saling developer and still today one of the best saling developers worldwide. Only EA even gives them a challenge. If that entire section of games were to dissappear then another doom for both software in handheld and console. Now if Nintendo were to just drop from the console market section it wouldn't be that bad but still not great either. If you look how much Nintendo has drive the console market over the years you'll understand. Simply making it alive again in North America, the continuously innovating it over and over to make it better. If Nintendo just drops anyway in the console market it could become a very linear progression. Last time that happened for 2 generation the market crashed in 1983 and whatnot here. I'm not trying to say that the console market couldn't live without Nintendo but unless someone steps up and takes there place the same thing will happen as in 1983. Nintendo is a very vital key in this entire gaming market. More important than any other devloper or console maker. It's jsut the truth. Any faltering on their part causes the entire industry to fumble. And any innovation or success they have causes the entire industry to rise. It's no coincidence that when the DS starting having huge success worldwide that all of a sudden the entire market started to rise to new highs. Nintendo is very vital to this market and they'll be here for long times to come. I don't think I see them at all dropping from any gaming section market. They could lose this generation badly and I think they'd still be around for another turn. Most likely cause they'll still make a profit. So all you Nintendo haters, Nintendo ain't going anywhere for quite sometime. Your just going to have to deal with them.
