MS leaving the console race would be good for gamers.

[Mr Khan]

only777 said:

PenguinZ said:

only777 said:

PenguinZ said:
I don't believe it's good to have 2 choices... Just look at American politics. Competition forces companies to out do one another. It's a good thing. 

Gamers haven't accepted Nintendo since 1996?... That's simply laughable.

American politics is such a mess because one party makes plans and the other party ruins them not because they are bad for the people, but just so they can make them look like an in-effective goventment so that they can get back in power only to have the same thing happen to them!

And yes, Nintnedo have been on a downward sprial since the NES.

 

I know you discredited the Wii for your own special reasons, but the third best selling console of all time is still the third best selling console of all time... Regardless of who buys it, or why they buy it.

It's discredited for reasons that shouldn't need to be dragged up again.  But since you asked,.

Yes it does matter, because that market is gone now.  the people that bought the Gamers bought the NES, fewer gamers bought the SNES, much fewer gamers bought the N64, a few gamers bought the Game Cube and almost no gamers are buying the Wii U.  That is a downward spiral.

The Wii was a one off and the Wii U is more than proving that.

The market is not gone: Nintendo abandoned it. Wii U simply proves that even Nintendo didn't really like developing games for the Wii and wanted something bulkier, but that's not what Nintendo-consumers want. The Nintendo that shoves their middle finger right in the industry's face is the Nintendo that conquers. The Nintendo that tries to go along with industries norms is the niche player you've described.

Their potential is far greater than either Sony or Microsoft, limited only by the size of their companies.