Can/will Nintendo ever see the Wii + DS height ever again?

[Teeqoz]

RolStoppable said:

Teeqoz said:

Nintendo could've used any game that utilises the motion controls for the marketing. Heck, they could've used a Kinect Adventures style game.  In the Wii's case, the only important role Wii Sports played was marketing the concept, the Wii. I'm not disputing the "software sells hardware" thing.

"Now the question is posed if Nintendo will ever be able to reach the NES height again"

But that isn't what this should be compared to. The question would be "can Nintendo reach PS2 levels" because the PS2 is the highest selling homeconsole, while I'm saying Nintendo will never replicate the DS , the highest selling handheld. I'm sure Nintendo could make a handheld that could replicate the succes of the original gameboy, the equivalent to the Wii to NES comparison.

It doesn't matter whether the question is NES or PS2. Additionally, the NES actually sets a lower bar for Nintendo success, but even that would have been answered with a resounding "no". That's the whole point: Current market conditions should not be taken for granted and seen as final in an entertainment industry.

 

You don't really mean that the handheld market isn't shrinking right? It's not like people will all of a sudden stop buying smartphones.