Hynad said:
It was never a fully conscious (or foresighted) move until the Wii generation (or Iwata’s era) where they started playing to their strength. Until then, Yamauchi acted and reacted mostly on ego and took very risky decisions based on pride. Which slowly but surely put off third parties, who found much better, way less greedy deals elsewhere. Nintendo wouldn’t be where it is if Yamauchi was still at the helm. And you really haven’t changed. "Nintendo forever!! 😎😎😎" The situation in which Nintendo currently is has never been expected by any of the higher ups running the company, and was certainly not a long gestating strategy. That’s a hilariously silly proposition. |
Of course Nintendo forever, they're the reason you and I started playing games.
Sure Yamauchi was a proud man, but were it not for his policies the NES would have never worked. Anyway he died and other people took over and adapted, and in that adaptation Nintendo learned to rely on itself so as to not be strong-armed by 3rd parties and it worked. Truth is Nintendo has been an IP titan since day 1 and survived N64 to Switch, as well as GBA to Switch, sometimes entitely, otherwise in great majority thanks to trusting in its 1st party work. And look at where they are today. And look at where the competition is today, fighting over 3rd oarty exclusivity. Good luck to both of them but my faith is always was and always will be in the Goat.
