I know gamers who are DEEPLY of the opinion that Nintendo needs to go bankrupt. They seem to gloss over the fact that by making low-tech consoles at low price points, Nintendo has likely kept console prices VERY low.
Think about it: without the Wii, the major competition Microsoft and Sony would have faced in gen 7 would have been from PCs. Hello $1000 console come gen 8. Such a high price only looks ridiculous because Nintendo is making hardware for a third that price, but without that competition from below, prices would surge.
Do you really want to give up that market dynamic? I sure don't.
If it had to happen, I think Nintendo could do well as a peripheral manufacturer for Sony. Or, to be more correct, Sony designs the internal specs of the system, Nintendo designs the controllers and handhelds that their software would be played with on a Sony console.
But I'd still hate to see Nintendo leave the hardware business. I do not see Nintendo leaving without Microsoft and Sony drastically increasing prices.
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