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

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JackHandy said:

curl-6 said:

It's not that times changed, those games were always great and loved by those who played them, they just went from being handcuffed to a terrible console nobody wanted, to being available on a desirable console.

I just don't agree with that. Every Nintendo console after the NES dropped in sales, and eventually, it wasn't even cool to play their games. GTA 3 vs Sunshine? If you were around at that time, that wasn't even a debate. Nintendo had a short bump with the Wii, but that was casuals. So you're going to have to convince me how this all wasn't a part of a consumer-wide trend if you're going to make that argument, because the data just isn't there.

It sounds as though your mind is made up and you won't accept any evidence to the contrary.

There was no sudden change in the audience going from 2016 to 2017; no large demographic shift of any kind that would explain the entire market suddenly deciding to like Nintendo games again. What changed was that Nintendo went from offering a terrible system to a desirable one, hence the games tied to those systems became far more successful, it's as simple and self-evident as that.