Nintendo, the scapegoat of the industry

[Mr Puggsly]

freebs2 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I really like Nintendo, I'm enjoying my Wii U, but I also wish Wii U was their last home console.

Between PC, Xbox, and Playstation there is enough competition. I really hope the NX is a portable/home console. That might justify its existence.

I like Nintendo games and I would buy more of them if they went 3rd party.

I agree there's no room for 3 similiar console experiences in the market. Still, Nintendo tried to offer a different kind of experience from others during the Wii/DS era, but they were extremely criticized for that.

At the OP, I don't entirely agree. It's true lots of people (both users and industry insiders) have double standards when talking about Nintendo, still mostly thier struggles are due to their own faults. The WiiU hardware design, price and marketing didn't make any sense in commercial terms, also the 3DS has serious issues.

Wii was a fine console for what it was. Personally I hated playing a lot of games aiming with a Wiimote. But I had a blast playing some games that opt for a standard gamepad.

My gripes with the DS are kinda the same. I was annoyed by games that crowbarred touchscreen into the experience. Still had great games though.

My issue with the Wii U is forcing an expensive tablet on us to play games that work fine with a standard gamepad. A Wii U with no tablet control would have been significantly more successful.