| Purple said:
If Knack can outsell Mario 3D World, it shows that Nintendo aren't reaching a wide enough audience to maximise revenue at the moment. |
What? Stop with the drugs, son.
On topic: Nintendo leaving console-business would mean, that many gamers would leave console-space or give up on gaming altogether and switch to other forms of entertainment. That happened also with the leave of Sega. Some Sega-fans left gaming for good.
It would even worse in the case of Nintendo, because no console-maker with a family-friendly image is left. Many parents would stop buying consoles as gifts for their children, reducing the base of potential gamers even more. With an amount Nintendo-core-fans and children out of the picture, main Nintendo-IPs like Super Mario and Mario Kart would suffer a lot in sales. You can take a look. Games for this group sell best on Nintendo-platforms. Even on the failing Wiiu sells Rayman Legend more than on the 20 times bigger install base of PS3 or XBOX360. Super Mario, mario Kart would sell way less on PS4 or XBOX One. Zelda might survive the transfer, even Sony- or MS-fans want to play this game. Most of the other franchises would suffer losses, as the target-group is leaving gaming.
