Kotaku: Don’t Look Now, But The 3DS Has Become The Best Gaming Machine Out There

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RolStoppable said:

superchunk said:

I think they wanted to have software to sell hardware, but they went with the idea to allow 3rd parties to provide that initial software. Trying to remove their own IPs to avoid competition. However, 3rd parties failed Nintendo and simply didn't provide that content or at least not the content needed to push hardware.

You are summing up Nintendo's moronic thought process. A strategy that made them dependent on third party software.

Using an analogy, it's like a guy marrying a widely known slut and expecting her to stay loyal. It's easy to tell that that won't go over well.

But you may have a really wild honeymoon.