Should Nintendo Stop Innovating And Make A Traditional Console?

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NATO said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Nintendo could definitely take on Microsoft with a traditional console. The only reason why Microsoft split Sony's former marketshare was by keeping their platform as close to what they expected Sony to make as possible and keep the console third party friendly. If Nintendo did the same and bolstered their first, second and third party exclusives Microsoft would be in for a world of hurt because the hits would just keep on coming. Its the same way Sony came back from a 10 million console deficit to Microsoft. Their exclsuives kept people interested while Microsoft was struggling to find an answer.

Now explain why the vita outsold the wiiu, despite it being treated like an unwanted teen pregnancy by Sony for virtually it's whole life.

The Vita sold to Sony's loyalists of their handhelds. The PSP sold more than the Vita did, but the handheld intererest lowered as droughts were rampant. This is the same thing that hurt the Wii U. Vita is similar to the switch in what it does but there will be more third party support if Nintendo is to be believed. The thing that makes the Vita unappealing is what made the PSP and DS more appealing. They were cheaper to develop for and thus the third party was quicker and more readily to appear in abundance. This made for a larger and more memorable library. If you look at the highest selling consoles they were not the most powerful. The Wii, PS2, PS1, DS and 3DS were the least powerful of their respective generations. The PS4 is the first time in a long time that the most powerful console is winning by a mile like the SNES to the genesis.