Mythmaker1 said:
Considering how much Nintendo hardware dropped this generation, it's hardly unprecedented. Especially if they fail to learn the correct lesson from this generation. |
There's no silver bullet solution for Nintendo, they're in a bit of a tight spot.
Even if they "correct mistakes" they made 5 years ago, it doesn't mean the future is automatically set for them, the fact of the matter is as far as the mainstream console market goes, I think most people are happy with either a Playstation or XBox, and are unlikely to switch to a Nintendo console unless Nintendo completely shuns the most kid-centric/family friendly aspect of their company.
Either that or they have find some kind of new miracle gimmick to sell a new system to.
Likely both of those scenarios are also dead ends for Nintendo.
I think we'll see a fairly different Nintendo in five years ... games will be a big part of their business, but no longer the only part of their business. The console/handheld business will coallpse into one unifed Fusion platform. Then they will have Quality of Life which will be a seperate other line of business for them. And finally they've merchandising/licensing of their franchise properties which they are branching out more into with the leaks about a Mario CG movie coming from Sony and a Zelda TV series coming from Netflix. Iwata kinda outlined this as being their three pronged strategy for the future.
