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Rpruett on 05 January 2012
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scottie said:
Rpruett said:
Nintendo.

They live and die the most by their systems. Microsoft and Sony have sustainable business elsewhere to prop their companies up if things go South for a generation or two.

Nintendo is unique but they won a price war this generation that's all, The fact that HD consoles combined outsold the Wii by a large margin is a telling statement. It sold on price and gimmick at the start of the generation and survived awhile on some solid games. Unfortunately it's over and it has been consistently outsold for much of the year.

But for Nintendo all it will take is a bad handheld/console generation or two and it might call it quits. The Wii really saved them. Additionally, I would wager most Nintendo owners primarily buy a Nintendo for Nintendo published games specifically as their third party hasn't been good since SNES days. This makes them an obvious candidate to end up as a publisher on superior Hardware.


Yeah, I agree. as soon as Nintendo have a bad home console generation or two they will call it quits.

 

I predict that after the Wii U, they will release a console called the N64, and it will sell around 30 million. That's one bad generation right there, and they might call it quits after that. but if they don't, they will call their next console the GC, and it will sell worse, barely over 20 million. That's two bad generations in a row - surely after that they will call it quits...

Thank god their handheld market was incredibly dominant during that timeframe. Otherwise they may have been forced to call it quits!  

In reality,  the Wii in my estimate was their last ditch type of console effort.  Crazy far out, Motion controls, bargain basement pricing, backwards compatibility for Gamecube owners.  No worthwhile online network initially, No HD.  Released last.  Priced the cheapest.   One more Gamecube, N64 type generation and a less than favorable handheld generation and I think Nintendo might just be publishing games on a frugile sense.  This generation for Nintendo had all the makings of a console that was built as cheaply as humanly possible, while trying to be as different from its competitors as it could possibly be, because frankly that was the only chance they had.

They're wise with their business but don't fool yourself into thinking they weren't in fairly dire circumstances prior to Nintendo Wii release.  I am happy for them, the gaming world is better off having several different philosophies rather than just a graphical arms race between MS / Sony.

 

I think Microsoft is the most likely to drop out suddenly without warning, Sony the company would need to go bankrupt before i see them leaving the console industry.  (Their far more likely to bow out of the handheld race than the console race),  And Nintendo has the least resources in their favor outside of gaming.  The choice is obvious,  Nintendo could easily take a nosedive and be done.   Just a few generations of mis-steps and that's all she wrote.