I have owned every Nintendo console and handheld since SNES, except virtual boy. And, though I never owned one, I played tons of NES. I consider myself Nintendo fan. But, they really are trying hard to push people like me away. They sell inferior hardware to MS and Sony, but they want more money for it. They want me to pay similar money for what is almost certainly an inferior online service. They have some great franchises, but they just keep repeating and repeating them, rarely offering anything truly new.
I'm really just sick and tired of it. They act as though they're better than the other guys. But, the reality is that they're offering the least.
Nintendo is killing their brand with this totally out of touch behavior. At this point, I'm almost hoping for a quick death to their hardware business. Sony and MS are good at hardware. Nintendo is not. They just need to make games, as it's the only thing they have left that they do well.
I'm tired of jumping through hoops to play Mario and Zelda.
