Malstrom: 'The Big Picture' problem underlying Nintendo's decline

[LordTheNightKnight]

Mr Khan said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
"all this seems awfully familiar.. I swear every time a new generation starts.. it starts with nintendo in a really really bad position... worse than ever! .. "

You really must be new to the guy. He was actually saying the Wii and DS WOULD succeed. He was even stating why it would. It was the "hardcore" who proclaimed the Wii and DS would fail and that the 3DS would succeed.

And they may still be right on the 3DS, though it depends on that ever-ephemeral notion of success, but it looks like they will have many natural advantages over Vita to keep it at bay (the biggest being the potential swing of Japanese third party momentum triggered by Monster Hunter)

I would certainly hope that Nintendo kicks it into gear and starts making some DS-type stuff for 3DS as well, however

It's not ephemeral if one can agree on a standard. Malstrom's has been always that the point of a business is to make new customers. This is his main point on the 3DS not working, no matter what the hardware sales are, especially since the total software sales are hurting Nintendo's bottom line.

As for third parties, they don't decide how well a system does unless they make a killer app, and killer apps are not guaranteed to apply from one system to another. Remember GTA IV? It sold quite well, but was not a killer app (that turned out to be Modern Warfare).