So, the VG industry needs Nintendo as the leader

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Soundwave said:

I think what you're posting is a false correlation there. 

The reason all three were successful last time around is because all three worked their butts off to achieve success.

You should also give credit where credit is due -- Sony turned the PS3 around by putting their nose to the pavement and working their butts off for the rest of the generation after starting overly cocky, otherwise the PS3 easily could have been a flop. That's to Sony's credit, not anything Nintendo (extremely arrogant to even try to paint it that way IMO) did.

If Nintendo wants success in this business, then they should work for it like everyone else does, not just show up and think they're entiteld to success because they're god's gift to gaming. Consumers don't reward that attitude ever. 

You should also get a primer on what Nintendo was actually like during the NES/SNES days when they did rule the industry in a lot of ways, they were incredibly full of themselves and bullied developers and retailers around like there was no tomorrow. Sega finally punched them square in the nose and bloodied their nose, and that woke them up out of their stupor. They do make great games, but lets not confuse that with their corporate policy -- they do tend to be dicks when they are given too much power. 

More like people is creating a false correlation. I never said that Wii being in first place make automatically X360 or PS3 success.

What I pointed is that during last gen when Nintendo was the leader the other consoles can still be succesful platforms. Unlike the 5th and 6th when everything was focused on just one console, in the last one everyone can be happy.

Nobody is saying that Sony or MS didn't do anything to achive success. In fact they worked pretty hard to that, harder than now, but Wii was not an obstacle in that race. Wii was a success that make people to look again at the industry and be able to invest in it.

How many times we heard of other executives talking about how good was the Wii because when the users get bored and look for another kind of experiences they where going to look for their consoles? Even now that Sony guy is looking for the Wii audience. How is that not a good achievement for Wii and Nintendo?