Nintendo's reluctance to build new IP's is killing their brand

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Nintendo's problem isn't lack of new IP, it lack of new IP that broaden's its base of appeal, and Nintendo fans who don't embrace that new IP because they are all getting older and don't like the G-ratedness of the new stuff but ignore the G-ratedness of the old stuff because it's the beloved franchises they grew up with.

And the old and new franchises have no appeal to the millions of long time gamers that have chosen PS/Xb for the last 2 generations and PS for the last 3 generations and are sticking with those for this generation. Where is the appeal to draw PS/Xb gamers over to Nintendo? It sure ain't Splatoon or Wonderful 101.

Nintendo keeps looking elsewhere for buyers of Wii U instead of looking at actual gamers. They found a new audience with Wii but they didn;t stick around, and now there's no new audience. If they want to grow they don;t just need new IP, they need new IP that PS/Xb/PC gamers want and can't have on any of those 3 platforms. If they don't want to grow their player base then they can keep on doing what they're doing.

Nintendo is fortunate in that they have the unique ability to not sell much hardware but still remain viable because their software does sell very well considering the size of their player base. If they don't perceive a pressing need to sell substantially more consoles they won;t make all that much effort to do so.