padib said:
Nintendo's approach never changed on the portable side, and though 3rd parties sided with the PSP, the PSP ended up floundering tragically into what is now known as the VITA, a great system which failed hard.
The Playstation brand in the meantime has done well on the home console front because Nintendo was not able to replicate their mobile success on home consoles, that success due to:
1) A great price
2) A great 1st party library
3) A great hardware product.
You can't know any of this, you can only assume this. Doesn't matter if it makes sense if there's no solid evidence to back it up.
The U has failed at doing what the Wii did by missing part of 3 (the Wii was truly a great and revolutionary product) and most of 2 for now.
However, this pipedream of an article (in OP) will be served a buffet of crow when Nintendo unifies their software library in about 2-3 years. I await with open arms the day when Nintendo will shut the mouth of doubters for good.
If that is what you think will work then so be it. But the evidence points to the contrary. Nintendo has neither the resources, nor the history, nor the incentive as a game developer to priortizes 3rd party over their own first party. Its been 20 years since the original PlayStation. To suggest that NIntendo would drastically, change in the next 2-3 years is unsubstantiated, especially when they are fiscally healthy.
Sony may have created today's "industry", if industry is gaming on PS360-type platforms, with all the types of games that come on it. Nintendo is the last bastion of consoles that don't appeal to pulp and that offer different experiences for all ages, continuing the legacy of Nintendo and Sega, the competitors of a better industry.
You use the word Better, I use the word different, because I'm not making judgements on how the states of the industry are to me just, how they are in general. By industry, I only mean the traditional home console market that the industry as a whole focuses on. Types of games or appeal is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is how the market favors PlayStation rather than Nintendo now, and with the past 4 generations, it is obvious how this claim is backed up.
I am not discrediting the great things Sony has brought to this industry, but in a thread that is pure Sony love, I can't help but put emphasis on how much more important Nintendo is to this industry in general.
Thanks for listening.
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