| onionberry said: All I see is people saying "but if they fail it's over for their HW market" like, really? they will try again with other idea. Sometimes I think those opinions are by kids or people who don't know anything about business. I could mention a lot of companies with failed products and now look at them, sony being one, MS being one, Samsung being one, Apple being one. It's kinda incredible honestly how people think everyone is Sega and kimishima is just going to say "okay! we are done with this business! Fuck all those years!"
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I think you're missing the point. Even Nintendo is no longer ignoring the fact that the HH market is starting to die. The NX looks to be combinging the two markets in an attempt to find success, as Nintendo can't really compete in the home console market when it is mostly composed of core gamers. Their recent approach of cheaper, underpowered for the current gen HW doesn't appeal to the majority of core gamers. Even when they were attempting to compete spec vs. spec it didn't changed the fact that each new home console they have released with that mindset has declined in sales. The NX seems almost like a last ditch effort to stay relevant HW-wise. IF it flops, there really isn't another idea for them to try. I mean, what other gimmick could they include that would make it a hit?
Edit: It's also interesting to note that Nintendo has finally started to get into mobile gaming, something I doubt many would have expected with success of the DS and smaller success of the 3DS. Personally, I think they are testing the waters to see what life would be like without their own HW to sell their games.
