| JEMC said:
First things first: as I said at the beginning and at the end of that post, I don't think any of the 3 will leave. I just speculated, for thesake of it and also for fun, who could leave based on what does the hardware mean to them and not based on financials like everyone else did (because it would have been boring). Having said that, having their own home console now (as in the moment we are) is not as important as back then when they started with the NES. The hardware of the consoles no longer are a constraint as it was then, meaning that they could work with any console of the competence and still make the games that they want, not the ones that they can. Also take into account that Nintendo can't do the same as Microsoft and Sony and go the powerhouse route with their consoles (something they realized after the GameCube and that lead to the Wii), and it's something that it is also present on WiiU (better than Wii/PS3/Xbox360 but will fall short of PS4/nextbox), and this fact has made the lack of third party support more evident, reducing their royalties income. And they also lost money with the GameCube, albeit during a short period. What will happen with WiiU (will they sell it at a loss?, will it have more 3rd party support and therefore make more in royalties?, will they sell enough consoles to warrant the approval of a new console by their shareholders?) is a mistery. It is for all this things that I went with Nintendo as quiting the hardware business but not the software business. But again, the first post was ment to be a joke, with may be some truth inside and some fears, but a joke. Don't take it too seriously, neither the first one nor this. |
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