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ps4tw on 19 November 2013
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Soundwave said:
ps4tw said:
Didn't you get the memo? Apparently Nintendo will sell millions this Christmas rofl. Back to reality, Nintendo have been pushed out of the living room as they cashed in and sold out with the Wii, a one trick pony and failed to wisely invest the earnings.


That's a cold way to put it, but it's probably true. Nintendo really screwed up, with all the momenteum they had with the Wii they really could have taken their brand into prestigious new directions and expanded into areas like making a Facebook/Twitter like service with all the casuals they had eating out of the palm of their hand 4-5 years ago. 

They squandered all that and now that door is basically closed shut by a combination of Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Sony. 

Nintendo really was the darling of the 20-something crowd just a few years ago, but they failed to take that momenteum anywhere and instead of expanding out and creating a proper successor for the Wii with social networking features while the iron was hot, they chose to basically ride the Wii into the ground and instead of finding the next "Wii Sports" they focused on making Wii Sports 2 (Resort) and Wii Fit 2. 

I concur, although Nintendo are sitting on such a huge pile of money, billions, that theres still the chance they could start over and pull a phoenix, rising from the ashes of the wiiu.