This has been talked to death. Most Nintendo gamers have other systems, there is a lot less (only owning one)console loyalty. So to get people to buy for that system you have to make your port of games for that system as good or better than the ones they own. That usually means more resources towards that platform. You put the majority of resources towards the platform with the biggest userbases. That results in shoddy ports of games on the smallest platform(new Nintendo system). That results in bad sales because gamers are going to pick the best(or not the worst) version of a game. Which results in less(and eventually no) resources towards that platform in the future.
Now if Nintendo released a current gen system 2x as powerful as PS4 it wouldnt matter. People would still stick to their loyalty and buy PS4/X1 because they dont like Nintendo franchises. The userbase would warrant more resources to the PS4/X1 versions and Nintendo would still get the worst version of games.
I honestly think Nintendo is past the point of no return. They dont have the rabid fanbase that other consoles have. They are forever stuck in the kiddie zone, no matter what they try to do they cant get out of it, no matter how false the statement is.
Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.
Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.
-Jim Sterling







