| artur-fernand said: ...but didn't they make a lot of money with the Wii and DS? They sold like hot cakes (a combined 250+ million, I mean, holy shit), were profitable from the start, and Wii games weren't nearly as expensive as HD games. So... what's with this argument? Shouldn't they have a lot of money now, to try and estabilish a strong installed base for a more traditional, powerful console? Not as much money as MS, but probably more than Sony right? Especially before the PS4 released? What did they do with that money? Or am I full of bullshit here? |
They did it before, Gamecube and N64 say hello. Both flopped because they couldn't manage to stand out enough compared to Playstation, and later, Microsoft. Even then they got already screwed by the third party publishers and it's very likely it will happen again on the next console, no matter how awesome it will be, pushing consumers again to buy an Playstation or Xbox.
In other words, Nintendo needs something other than pure specs to stand out from the rest of the crowd. It worked well with the Wiimotes, sadly not with the Gamepad.
They can financially afford such a console, but the question is more: Will it do Nintendo any good? If it flops (which, like I said, the paintings are on the wall already), surely not. So it's better for them to take a third option and do something special, as this at least can pay out
