basically the title, do you agree disagree, explain why...

No. I like the twist they bring to their systems, such as motion controls and 3D.

This is disreguarding the fact that Nintendo said if their consoles/buisness dies, their games go with them. I forgot the exact quote......

why would they be better off without a console?

They always make profit on every piece of hardware they sell. Even when the gamecube was around still made profit.

Anyone who says "yes" is kidding themselves. Nintendo is one of the most profitable companies in the world (by employee, anyway) at least partially because they are consistently profitable with their hardware.

No, Nintendo would not be better off being a third party publisher. Pretending they would be is absurd.

So you're asking if the leader in console and handheld sales would be better off not selling such things?  Seems like a perfectly logical question to me.

It's hard to imagine this gen without the Wii... Probably hardware sales would shrink  and we would not see kinect and move until the next gen. Moreover Nintendo did very well expanding the marketing to non gamers and former gamers.

Which one of you said yes?

Fess up so that you may be ridiculed and ostracized

No, because they always bring something new and interesting with their hardware.

And 2nd, a lot of their profits come from selling hardware, so there's no reason they should go 3rd party.

For handhelds, no way!!!!

For consoles I don't think it would be a good idea. Too many great franchises. Too many great ideas.

Sony and Microsoft(that is if PC gaming doesn't kill them) need to have competition with quality games and creative ideas.

I've got my pitchfork ready