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Kerotan on 02 June 2016
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Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

If they still had their midas touch they'd be able to support two platforms separately.  But they've lost it and are now accepting that they can't.  

 

Last gen :

260m Nintendo consoles 

This gen: 

80m (generous estimate)

Next gen (unified) 

I think it will decrease again.  

 

As I said they're losing their touch. I expect a strong 2017/2018 but their same old same old failings to return after that. 

Last Nintendo gen was best selling console generation ever, so it not exactly fair to compare this gen with it. This gen they had their first HD console with they had lotsa problems and handheld that was very affected by mobile devices.

This gen proved them they cant suport any longer two completly difrent platforms, but its not about they lost touch, its about market that changed, games are today more complex and require more time and resources than ever before, they need far more time for Wii U games than they needed for Wii games not to mention fact that Wii is basically GC with motion controls. Sony also can't support two different platform and that's why they completely abandoned Vita and they totally focused to PS4, are you saying Sony also lost touch!?

Regardless that, here is point about games, and Nintendo definitely did not lost their touch, they made so many great games this gen.

Yes I believe they lost their "magic" touch.  That ability they had to support 2 platforms at once.  They failed to move with the market.  They could have invented the iPhone instead of the 3DS and continued to dominate the mobile gaming market.  But they didn't.  Their vision was limited and it's cost them.  

 

We're not talking about Sony because that's off topic but since you brought it up,  of course Sony lost their touch with handhelds.  They could have done much better with vita for a start but again the real market was being the first to create a smartphone like the iPhone.  They dabbled with Xperia play devices but it was never good enough.  

 

So yes they lost their touch with handhelds but they rediscovered it with the home comsoles.