Nintendo made $1.2 billion profit in 3 months

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Girl Gamer Elite said:
Its naive to think the Wii represents a throwing in of the towel of all technological or graphical exploration. The Wii is not advocating a standard of yesterday's graphics for all gaming to come, the Wii is merely a symptom of a generation where the economics are not in favor of pushing these technologies yet.

If pushing these technological boundaries as the 360/PS3 are is hurting the market so much then clearly the market and economy behind it isn't ready for it and that's what Nintendo saw. You like many gamers have mistaken the Wii's modest abilities for a new strategy for cutting costs when in fact its the only console this generation which has adhered to the standards of cost vs capabilities that have driven consoles' system specs every generaiton before.

The 360/Ps3 are not true next gen if the generation can't afford or support them. Every generation before this we have accepted there is a leap ready for us in graphics and technology, yet now that we've reached a plateau (which the Wii represents) its all too easy to just assume Nintendo gave up trying to compete while the 360/PS3 are "true" Next gen.

There is more to the market than just the games.

I said none of this GGE.  Nintendo have made a profit on every console they have made, including the graphically equipped Gamecube, I certainly don't believe they 'threw in the towel' this generation.  Nor do I believe that this generation cannot support the 360/PS3.  There was plenty of bitching about the PS2's pricepoint back in the day, and I'm sure there will be plenty of bitching about the PS4's price point as well.  And yet the PS2 has shifted 120 million units.  Your argument also ignores the fact that both MS and Sony have recently reached profitability, and will likely keep their consoles on the market at profitability for another 3-5 years at least.