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Ck1x on 31 May 2016
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Intrinsic said:
Ck1x said:

But to say catching lightening in a bottle is no different than saying Nintendo threw a hail Mary with the Wii and prayed for the best(which people seem to forget that the DS came first and inspired the Wii concept). The market and software that they had out of the gate proved that they knew it was going to be successful and how the system inspired them to make games. The same can't be said for the WiiU, it not only had horrible marketing but the software really didn't use the system to its potential until late in the systems life. Also Nintendo has had a number of consoles that were deemed sells failures by them because they didn't meet or surpass the previous generation of Nintendo console, but went on to being extremely profitable for the company overall. The GC and WiiU are probably the worst offenders of being categorized as such, because the hardware sells don't match up to the amount of money Nintendo put into making the consoles.

Semantics. How you choose to look at the phrase doesn't change what the phrase means. Contextually, the phrase literally means "to accomplish a difficult feat". 

That's it. Now I say to make hardware that isn't as powerful as what else is out there, to ignore third parties and miss out on the biggest selling franchises, to not have a well developed online structure, to not try and secure third party deals......etc and yet make a console that sells as well the Wii, or even the PS3/360, or even the XB1, make a console that a lot more than the absolute die hard Nintendo faithful want..... is a very very very difficult feat.

If you don't agree with that assessment that's another matter. But is that better now? Is using difficult feat kr challenging situation better for you?

and it really doesn't  matter if over all they are profitable or what not. That's not what we are talking about, but even at that.... if you think Nintendo isn't worried about their current state or doesmt have a lot riding on the NX, then I really don't know what to say. 

The fact that you think whether they are profitable or not is irrelevant makes no sense! These companies are in business to turn a profit first and foremost. I only bring up Nintendo's IP because they've stated numerous times that they plan on branching outside of gaming to grow their brand recognition. Yes it will be a task at hand, but it's not as farfetched as you make it seem like catching lightening in a bottle. Look at how Disney grew the Marvel brand in just a short amount of time. The potential was always there, its just that no one put in the efforts and money that Disney did on a larger scale. This is the same with Nintendo and they have the potential to be something more than what they currently are but people just get stuck on what they've done in the past.