Hilarious wrong predictions

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HoloDust said:

curl-6 said:

What does that have to do with the post you jumped into the conversation with though? You initially responded to this:

curl-6 said:

Their direction is clear; they are sticking with the hybrid form factor that proved enormously popular, and doing a standard successor console with a generational leap in power and a simple self-explanatory name.

It's the logical course of action and it has worked for decades.

Then proceeded to claim that direct successors never worked for Nintendo. 

That implies that SNES and GBA did not work for Nintendo, yet clearly they did as they were the #2 and #3 highest selling consoles of all time in their day, outsold all competition, and provided lucrative ecosystems.

Because it never worked for them in the sense that whenever they went with conservative, sensible, safe approach, which is standard successor console, that successor sold less then its predecessor. So, while a lot of those consoles were success in the vacuum, they were step down in sales from previous offering.

Not setting a new record doesn't mean a console didn't work out though. By that standard every Playstation since PS2 didn't work for Sony.