Did Microsoft just force Nintendo's hand?

[S.T.A.G.E.]

Cream147 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

It would differentiate the Wii from the competition being its hardware is still older than the current gen hardware to the average consumer. Much like the Wii it needs to be sold as an affordable way to gain access to Nintendo games. Nintendo needs to take the affordable route and Microsoft inadvetantly is making them an example while trying to fight Sony for Marketshare. Microsofts battle isnt about profitability right now, but rather marketshare.

Nintendo has to swallow their pride and accept the fact that after twenty years, he who holds the third party holds the power. If they don't they are a secondary console to the majority who own their platform. They know what they have to do if they want to be a primary for the majority.

But that's the point. The ship has long since sailed on the Wii U - it will never achieve mass market popularity now. They might as well just allow it to be moderately profitable with cult popularity like it is now and try to capture the mass market next time around, rather than do a price cut such that they're selling below their costs and making a loss again.

If Nintendo didnt make the controller the way they did the Wii U would've been profitable from day one. They can still afford to drop the console down to $250 and still profit. Even the PS3 which launched at $600 eventually became profitable four years after launch and tweaking of the hardware specs.