Has there ever been a worse time to be a Nintendo fan?

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JetSetter said:

curl-6 said:
Well, looking at the poll, it would seem that more than two thirds of voters feel it's never been this bad, and I concur. Even fans will only put up with so much, as evidenced by the declining size of Nintendo's userbase.

I'm confused. You say that it's the worse time to be a Nintendo fan and say that because of this their fanebase is shrinking. But their fanbase has been shrinking for this whole gen (though not at the doom and gloom levels people are screaming about). So really there is something else at work here and their recent behavior can't fully be blamed for the fanbase shrinking.

It's too early yet to see the full effects of their most recent spate of horrible behaviour.