I don't agree with everything they do or say, but as a matter of fact, i still enjoy their games, and i really like their hardware... even if their consoles are "too limited" or not powerful enough, their innovations in controls and gameplay create a good balance... and they never had any "red ring of death" thing, of course... :)
But for me, there are two different Nintendo's: the creative side, and the business side...
The creative side remains as strong as ever, and Miyamoto is still the greatest ever in this industry... even if i'd like to see more Nintendo teams created, and even more "core" games released each year, their best Wii and DS games haven't disappointed me... quite the opposite in fact, they're amongst my all-time favourites...
The business side well... obviously, it's stronger than ever, with their profits at an unprecedented level... but for me, it's a corporation like any other corporation, and i think they may be really greedy... and i don't think that a "very rich Nintendo" will automatically become the industry's savior: their profits only do something really good for Yamauchi-san and the other shareholders, but not really for all the other gaming companies out there, and not really for the customers themselves...
To summarize what i may think: with all their billions, they could do way more...
Create new teams... have more 2nd party teams... do exclusive partnerships with 3rd party teams... offer some distribution and promotion deals to some of the best teams out there... lower the price of their games as a new kind of successful competition against Sony and Microsoft... lower the price of their hardware, too... or make it way more powerful so that everyone may easily port any great multiplatform game on their consoles as well...
But they're doin' great, whatever i or others may say, and i just can't wait for their 2010 releases anyway... :)
"A beautiful drawing in 480i will stay beautiful forever...
and an ugly drawing in 1080p will stay ugly forever..."
