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Ucell on 19 June 2014
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padib said:
Ucell said:

Nintendo handheld always do well. Their consoles usually don't.

NES and SNE had third-party support too. As soon as that went to PS and later Xbox Nintendo consoles started failing with the exception of the Wii.

Look at the numbers for yourself. Nintendo sells games.

189m for NES, that's not little, especially not back then. 129m for the N64, with or without 3rd party. They also didn't have a very large library for the N64 and struggled with development for the console, hence why the cube was easy to develop for. The cube was where Nintendo underperformed with their games, butchering some of their more precious IPs (Mario Sunshine, MK:DD, Star Fox Adventures, etc.)

The portables show Nintendo sales are strong in software, not just hardware. I agree that the Wii is freakishly large but it's not like Nintendo doesn't sell a boatload of games regardless.

Its still not clear to you is it? Nintendo games sell well to mostly the same audience. If their games had a larger audience the N64, GC and now the Wii U wouldn't all have been failing HARDWARE sales wise.

The N64 clearly had some of the biggest exclusives Nintendo ever pulled out for a single console (SM 64, Goldeneye 007, TLOZ: OOT, MK 64) but it still failed. That proves that Nintendo consoles cannot sell well with only Nintendo's support.