Has Nintendo spoiled it for the rest of them?

[johnlucas]

MrMe said:

andors said:
The consumer will choose what they want not Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft. They are trying to sell to the consumer not the other way around.

Agree, to a certain extent. The industry will always have a fair bit of power over the consumer. Nintendo gave the consumer another way, which the consumer took, with open arms.

I'm just curious as to what would have happened if this other way wasn't offered to the consumer

Sales in the 7th gen would be in decline and eventually the market would crash.

People don't believe it but Nintendo saved the industry (again) with DS & the Wii.

Lots of people would have opted out of the 7th gen altogether had it not been for Wii & DS.

Clue? The many many people still sticking with the PS2 to this day.

John Lucas