i said it before, nintendo's biggest failure was not investing their profits back into their platform.
perspective:
$10,000,000,000 in cash reserves / $10,000,000 avg cost of a major wii release = 1000 games.
...do you really think the wii would have dropped from first to last place weekly with 1000 additional games? even 100? or even 20? why didn't nintendo finance even just a few third parties to make content for their system, especially in the areas their internal development is weak (aka mature, core games)??
the broken part of nintendo's model is thinking that having the mega hits is enough ... i well rounded library is a well healthy library is a happy consumer. NoA viewing xenoblades performance in europe as a "test" just highlights how much they don't get it and is just more fuel for why this particular life-long nintendo fan is now an ex-nintendo fan.
