Mr Khan said:
When confronted with a stronger competitor, an important distinction. They could and did defeat competitors like Hudson and Sega head-on. Then bigger fish got into the pond. They tried direct competition, or what passes for that at Nintendo, in the GameCube era. Despite Sony's debt problems, they can still swing more weight around than Nintendo by a good stretch. Microsoft sees Nintendo like a fly buzzing around its head, and as you yourself said, if Microsoft really cared about the industry, they would have owned it ten years ago, lock, stock, and barrel. What you're saying right now is like criticizing the Viet Cong for "turning tail and running when the U.S. Army showed up." That's how you live when you're a small guy operating in an arena dominated by people much larger than you. |
You bring up a more than valid point. However, a lot of people seem to think that the gamepad or going back to "dual analog" was Nintendo's way of trying to recapture the western market & have 3rd party support. With all that Wii/DS money, wouldn't investing into a proper next gen gpu/cpu (near XB1 specs) have been a wiser and more genuine attempt to recapture that market? Make the gamepad a true wifi and optional purchase, if its a hit, then its a great bonus for Ninty.
Nintendo blew its chance at making a proper comeback (for the western market, if that was their intent) after squandering Wii/DS profits and momentum. They should have learned from the XBox 360 how a 1 yr headstart with a true next gen offering can steal away marketshare. The Wii U confused everybody with a pseudo tablet and last gen specs. Its almost as if they were trying to deceive both the casuals and western market with a half ass offering, and failed hard. Now it seems Nintendo will aim to serve its own fanbase first with Fusion, after being pushed back to a humble reset.
