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Machiavellian on 18 July 2014
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prayformojo said:

What happened with Xbox is a result, a DIRECT result, of putting a product on shelves and viewing it as a product instead of having a love and passion for it. Nintendo IS gaming. That's all they freakin' do. Criticize all you want, but the men and women who make games like Animal Crossing, along with the president himself, truly have a passion and love for games and their ability to bring joy to the world. This is why they have stayed afloat for so long. It's not enough to make something that you think will make money. You have to BELIEVE in it, and love it as well.

Xbox has been nothing but a cold, sterile "product" for many years now and this is why it's crumbling. No vision, no passion and absolutely NO soul behind the brand what so ever. Video games aren't mops or paper plates. They're as much art as they are a product. When you have a bunch of ceo, suit wearing egg heads dipping into the world of "art", it's always going to end poorly.

A product is just a product no matter how much love you put into it.  I am sure Nintendo put a lot of love and thought into the WiiU but still suffered much with the console.  Having a vision that conincide with consumers is way more important then passion.  Passion blinds you to your consumers wants and needs and limit a company to what they believe is the correct path.

As to your 2nd paragraph, I will just say that most of your opinion i do not agree.  Each company has stumbled on their way to success.  Sony is not where they are today because they were dominate last gen, instead they got there because of very real competition from MS and Nintendo.  All 3 console makers have very clear vision, its the execution of that vision which is what make or break them.  Last gen it almost cost Sony big but they turned it around.  Now its MS turn and they also seem to be turning the ship around.  Nintendo seems to keep sailing where they want.