| RolStoppable said: We shouldn't forget that Nintendo has an unfair advantage. They make their games solely for the DS and the Wii. |
Good [anti-]point.
Nintendo just has their business model right.
- They expect the worst case scenario, so when they get it, they profit (Gamecube)
- They have a more loyal audience than any other manufacturer due to the vertical monopoly in their segment. It's impossible to buy a Sony or Microsoft console and just play first-party games with solely first-party add-ons and downloads.
- They are slightly behind the cutting edge in the areas they can afford to be. Beyond Wii-power, each 10% increase in graphics quality or CPU power (arbitrary units) probably increases the price of that component by 50%.
- By having a large back catalogue of classic games and IP, they can repeatedly reuse and expand old games for new audiences.
- They aim at a much wider potential audience, so even if only a small fraction are convinced that adds up to a lot of sales. Other companies aim at the small but informed and vocal 'core' gamer audience which is practically saturated with AAA shooter and RPG games already.
- They are a software comapny and they know it. The hardware is designed by first-party developer input as well as hardware experts.
- They realised you've got to sell the experience, not the game. You see people playing games together in adverts.
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