The Wii U is Nintendo's last console (gaming "journalism" at its worst)

[DanneSandin]

Soundwave said:

sperrico87 said:

As long as Iwata and Miyamoto are in charge, Nintendo will never put their games on other platforms. They believe it will completely destroy their competitiveness and make their brands less desirable. I happen to agree with that philosophy.

We're a very long ways from the management at NCL even vaguely entertaining the idea of bringing their games to other platforms, let alone beginning to develop for other platforms. Years away.

Direct quote from Iwata last summer on Nintendo releasing their games on non-Nintendo devices: "So long as I am President, that shall never happen". It ain't happening, folks.

Look at Animal Crossing and 3DS sales in Japan and tell me Nintendo can't make it with their long-standing business model.  They can, for sure.

If Wii U is a sales dissapointment and cell phones continue to erode the relevance of game handhelds, I don't think it's so far fetched that Iwata will be given the boot at some point. 

Under his guidance, Nintendo has largely squandered most of the momenteum they had from the Wii/DS heyday with two very problematic hardware transitions and he seems to be apologizing for something different every 3 months nowadays. 

Miyamoto is moving back into an advisor position. I honestly wouldn't mind Nintendo get a president that was more aware and in tune with the Western markets. Under Iwata, Nintendo has become very Japan-centric in their software philosophies, contrasted to Nintendo in the late 1990s. 

So I guess you've heard Iwata say Wii U is a sales disappointment? Mind linking that? As far as I can see it's doing really well - except for EU. If it did well in EU it would sell like the Wii did! It's doing better than both of PS360 combined during the same time of availability in a much harder economic climate. How is that bad?

And regarding the handhelds; think of it like a camera. No one buys small digital cameras anymore since the cameras in your phone is almost as good. It's a fact the small cameras has been selling less and less. However, the big ones are selling more and more. Why couldn't this be the case for handhelds? But I doubt the market will be able to sustain two competitors, and we might not see the kind of sales the DS beasted about with...