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Some people just want to invest in a single system that plays all the games they want, and I totally respect that. In that way, it's perfectly reasonable for someone to want Super Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon on the same system as Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto, and Assassin's Creed. However, I think it's a short-sighted and ultimately counter-productive dream, as Nintendo going third-party would probably diminish the greatness and, for lack of a better word, anotherness of its games.

And then there is a more insidious group of jealous and insecure video game fans who want Nintendo to fail or to come under the domination of another company. I think for some the success of Nintendo strikes at the heart of what they believe video games should be: mature, serious, and exclusively for the video game faithful.