Nintendo was never doomed

[Pyro as Bill]

Mr Puggsly said:

I never though Nintendo was doomed because handheld was always going strong.

BUT, their home devices are kinda only 3 of their homes consoles were a big success in my opinion. NES, SNES, and Wii. N64 was a huge decline, Gamecube was an even bigger decline, and in a post Wii world they dropped the ball with Wii U which was their great failure in my opinion (albeit having some very notable software).

We're technically at a point where Nintendo home consoles no longer exist. I know people will Switch is a home console console, but its built as a portable device first because that's where Nintendo does best. Nintendo no longer competes head on with Sony and MS because they can't.

Open world (Zelda), online shooter (Splatoon) and motion control fighter (ARMS) at $60 aren't exactly the traditional Nintendo handheld lineup, are they?

rjason12 said:
So everyone who points out the Wii U, forgets the Vita? That thing may have sold more units lifetime (not by much and with a longer lifespan) but Nintendo has had at least a dozen platinum sellers on the Wii U while the Vita has only a few first party million sellers. The Wii U may have not sold many consoles, but Nintendo sure sells a ton of Software (which as many people point out, is a great source of income for these companies).

One generation without heavy 3rd party support is all it takes to put Playstation on it's knees.

Nintendo only need to get lucky once. Sony needs to be lucky always.