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What if instead of taking one over the other, why don't they use the momentum they gained off of one to help them capitalize on the other? They make so much money off of mobile, that they'll feel free and loose enough to to really spend some of those chunks of gold they found in the new mine to really beef up and (dare I say at the risk of pissing off my fellow Nintendo breathren), modernize their consoles (Which would be just one system instead of 2 or 3 per generation) and in turn, bring back some of the core/dedicated gaming audience that they lost a lot of to Sony (and Microsoft) since the PS1-N64 days? They might take a loss per console sold, as would be expected, but between mobile, amiibos, their software sales, and then eventually movies and the amusement park, they'd make that lost money back 5-10 times over. And because they'd have powerful hardware that's on par with Sony and Microsoft, as well as online servers/features, an eShop, achievement system, etc. that's on par with Sony and Microsoft, they'd get the same level of 3rd party support to go along with their 1st party games. Thus, the droughts that plague the Wii U (and to lesser degree the 3DS) would cease to exist.
I don't know about you guys, but I would damn sure love to be able to play on a Nintendo system that has:
Mario
Zelda
Pokemon
Fire Emblem
Splatoon
Smash Bros. and all their other IPs to go along with a consistent stream of 3rd party games which include:
Call of Duty
Madden/FIFA/NBA 2K
Grand Theft Auto
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Assassin's Creed
Elder Scrolls
and every other multiplatform 3rd party game!
And maybe, with a system that's on par with Sony and Microsoft, along with the huge success that they'd have with mobile gaming, it'd be possible that Nintendo would be the number 1 choice for a console, rather than a backup to Sony or Microsoft's at best, or completely nonexistent at worse.
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