Mikmster said:
With a fluke fad ? not strenght of their own merits proven by their incapability to replacate the success agian. I dont doubt they will find success agian, neither would i doubt ill be as a 3rd party. |
I agree that releasing another home console as successful as the Wii will be tough, but don't under-estimate Nintendo's record for innovation. For every Virtual Boy and Wii U failure Nintendo also has a Wii, DS, Game Boy success story. Also don't forget about Nintendo's Pokemon craze that was beyond huge in the '90's and single-handidly saved the Game Boy. Innovation doesn't always have to come in the form of a new home console and Nintendo has many different fronts that they can make a comeback from.
For example, does Nintendo even need to bother developing a new console for televisions or can they start to look at developing hardware that connects to Tablets and Smartphones via a Cloud? Could selling Smart Phone protector cases that come with circle pads and buttons could prove to be Nintendo's next huge innovation.
Whatever Nintendo does, I seriously hope that they never go 3rd party. Nintendo is a company that historically carves out a niche for itself through innovation and finds success in that bubble. Going 3rd party would force Nintendo to play by the same rules as everybody else and I think you would very quickly see them become like Sega and other various Japanese developers that are currently struggling both creatively and financially.
