Nintendo totally irrelevant? Xbox and PS duopoly?? (Home Consoles)

[Dunban67]

Earlier this year Nintendo kept saying to be patient and wait for the 2nd half of this year- and yes they did release some good games and yes sales did rise but not enough good games and not enough sales-

Now the focus is on Mario 3D Land/ Holiday sales and 2014- some say 1st Q 2014 some just say 2014 (because we really don t know when the most anticipated games announced to date will be released)

The problem I see is 2014 sounds good but 3rd party support (reasonable quality 3rd party) could or probably will be non existent other than Watchdogs and possibly 2 or 3 lego games- So right now we are looking at DKTF, MK8 and SSBros that we feel sure will be released in 2014 (hopefully all in the 1st 3 or 4 months)- We don t know when or if we will get X in 2014 - we don t know if we will get Zelda in 2014 - I think there have been 2 or 3 other good games mentioned that could be 2014 -

My point is there are many unknown timing variables for next year - we could get 3 or 4 huge games in 2014 but little else in between- which would lead to temporary spikes on the sales charts little activity otherwise
Unless Nintenod has quite a few unannounced games (1st and/or 2nd party) they can and will release in 2014 that will ensure we don t have any more significant software droughts in the coming year, then we will be looking at a rough year ahead with a few big games splashed in- IMO DKTF was pushed back to 2-14 to buy time and help avoid a big gap after the holiday- which says they either do t have enough games coming or the games they are planning for 2014 are not going to be ready when they had hoped-

Many people have mentioned a possible Post Holiday Nintendo direct in which they will announce more of their lineup for the coming year but I don t have a good feeling about that- If you look at their most recent earning report and look at the games noted in it as future releases I did not see anything that has not already been announced nor did I see any "unnamed" games mentioned- not sure how much the earning report is an indicator but typically investors want to know how a company is going to make money in the coming year

PS: did anyone see the Walmart "Black Friday one week early" add/announcement today- It listed many of the games and consoles that would be on sale, how much they would be and what consoles they would be available-Although I did see 3DS and 2DS consoles/games listed, I did not see any Wii U console or games listed- Don t know if it was a mistake or not but it did make me nervous if Walmart is not carrying Wii U games for the Holiday or beyond