Why would Nintendo make another Console after so many failed attempts?

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IamAwsome said:

platformmaster918 said:

IamAwsome said:
One failed console doesn't equal "so many attempts".

I think he's referring to continued declining sales in an otherwise growing market.  The Wii was an anomaly.  Other than that it's NES>SNES>N64>GC>WiiU (for now)

I just don't understand that whole "downward trajectory" arguement. 

The NES was a monopoly.

THe SNES had stiff competition. (I'll never understand why people see the SNES in particular as "downward trajectory")

The N64 has STIFFER competiton (Sony + a dying Sega) as well as Nintendo hampering themselves with carts. 

The GCN turned up late against the PS2 and suffered from a "kiddy" design... and MS..  they were there too.  

The Wii U was just poor execution. 

Yeah sales went down, but they dropped for reasons. Change certain crucial decisions that Nintendo made in the past, and the gaming landscape would be very different now. 

ok if they had perfect execution every time sure they could have been awesome.  Now they have no 3rd party support and continually have weaker hardware albeit at a cheaper price.  I love Nintendo and I actually bought a WiiU so I'm in a very small minority.  Their old fans dwindle more every gen and they're the only ones buying Nintendo anymore.