Why do you think Nintendo has survived so long as a platform holder?

[SvennoJ]

curl-6 said:

Dante9 said:

Nintendo fans don't ask for much. They just want endless reiterations of the same core games and take what they can get from third party and that's it. It's a weird money printing machine.

I would argue that the reasons those core IP have remained relevant for so long is precisely because they are not reiterations of the same thing, but because they reinvent themselves to stay fresh.

Breath of the Wild for instance is nothing like Ocarina of Time, nor is Donkey Kong Bananza anything like Donkey Kong Country, etc.

Maybe that's the essential difference between Sony and Nintendo.

Nintendo: Story, world and characters stay the same / familiar, game play varies.
Sony: Story, world and characters change / game play stays the same / familiar.