The new system rumors are too fanboyish to be believable

[Play4Fun]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:

SaviorX said:

In terms of the "rumored software" coming for the Wii2/N6 I think it is an influx of journalists merely trying to influence development teams to begin work on these projects, or at least bring it to their attention.

It is kind of like how IGN vehemently supported the notion that a Kid Icarus Wii was on the Wii. In that case they were half right; a KI game was being made but on the 3DS.

No company will confirm if they are working on such games, but who knows how much influence these rumors have. Journalists talking en masse was part of the reason Wii support was marred and abandoned in the first place.

Right. They figured they were able to sink the Wii with their malicious libel, they could derail Nintendo completely with a nice console that'll put them in the corner, in the normal console world, and nice and out of the way.

Journalists also act as stenographers for third parties and try push certain agendas which works as plausible context for SaviorX's last paragraph.

The real problem is that Nintendo seems to care for these things. While they were lighting up the hardware and software sales charts all around the world and raking in record profits, there was one thing that was missing: prestige. The reaction from the industry (of which gaming websites are a part of) wasn't praise or willingness to understand the how and why of Nintendo's success, but mockery and hostility. It's then when Nintendo started to change direction.

E3 2010 was good for Nintendo. They presented themselves the way the industry wants them to be: make your own little toys, but please leave the business to the big boys. The question is why does Nintendo care? Why can't they be content with selling video games to the masses and running a highly profitable business? Why is it important for them what the gaming industry thinks?

I guess it's because they are human after all. And humans are easily manipulated. After one single glorious generation Nintendo is already back with their Gamecube gameplan (look at the 3DS, it's only going to be worse regarding their next home console). They make their little toys and are drifting towards irrelevance. But at least they don't have to endure mockery for "selling out".

You somehow seem to have this notion that you know what's best for Nintendo better than they do.

Nintendo knows what they're doing, I'm pretty sure they're smarter than you are.