Dude I never said gaming would just stop. But for me gaming would become alot less attractive. Right now in my library of games over half are made directly by Nintendo. If you then exclude all the third party content on Nintendo platforms I am left with like a 6th of my games are on X-Box or PS3/PSP. So yes gaming would almost end for me if Nintendo was gone.

Nintendo deserves even more credit then I gave. If it wasn't for Nintendo the industry would have collapsed in the 80's. Then if it wasn't for Nintendo Sony would never have entered the industry so all you Sony fans would be without PlayStation. If it wasn't for Nintendo we wouldn't have a single Nintendo title (Duh). If it wasn't for Nintendo their would be no handheld gaming consoles unless someone else developed one but with the game industry crashing in the 80's that is highly unlikely. So without handheld gaming platforms and Sony would we have the smart phones we have today? What about technology the games industry has driven in PC's and handheld's, without the technology made by Nintendo or for Nintendo or inspired by Nintendo, where would the games industry be?

If Nintendo never existed and thus Sony never entered gaming, Microsoft would never have built the X-Box. Essentially without Nintendo gaming would be nowhere near what we have today. Infact console gaming may not have existed at all past the 80's crash. Then theirs the impact Nintendo has had in Japan from their cards and toys to their hotels and taxi service. To being one of Japans oldest and most successful companies.

You can't give Nintendo too much credit. Without Nintendo, Miyamoto etc...etc... gaming as we know it would never have come to be. So due to the reasons above Nintendo is the gaming industry. They are the chosen ones the light in hours of darkness they are hope and future , past and present of video games.

Now I talked about why Nintendo deserves so much credit for the past but what about the present?

Nintendo this generation has done so much for gaming. If Wii never launched at that lower price point, Microsoft and Sony would not have rushed to cut hardware costs and prices. If GBA hadn't made so much money Sony would never have released the PSP, then the Nintendo DS is what drove Sony to invest a butt load into R&D and software development to bring us a new handheld experiance via PSP and now Vita. Had DS not used a touch screen or dual screens would Sony have actually put a touch screen on Vita? What about the gyro sensors Nintendo pioneered last generation? Would those sensors be in the I-Phone or in Vita? Maybe , maybe not. If Nintendo hadn't brought us an innovation like motion controls would Sony have ever released Move? Or Microsoft Kinect? If Nintendo hadn't shifted focus to girls and older folks and targetted the blue ocean how many gamers would never have picked up a controller? Would virtual pets have made a comeback in the form of a Nintendog like game, or how about games that excersize your mind like Brain Training? Without Nintendo in the industry it would be screwed.

Is Nintendo the best company on earth? In my opinion yes, in others maybe not. Is Nintendo the best and only  video game exclusive console manufacturer? Yes and that is factual as they only make games. Microsoft and Sony have hundreds of side buisnesses they can count on. Nintendo is the only hardware manufacturer whose soul purpose is to make video games.

If Nintendo went down the industry may go on, but it would be a very sad day and the industry would never be the same. Infact even the loss of Sega has vastly effected the industry a loss of Nintendo would be 10x more impactful.

Also I notice in your post you credit Apple as one of the main game companies. Apple barely develops games at all, infact they don't even have a mainstream games console. A phone that can play games hardly ranks as a games console, if we call the I-Phone a games console then every single phone on the market is. Heck Black Berry has been around way longer and they were never creditted as having a games console.

Apple is not a game company. They barely even make games at all. They make hardware that can play games on it, but the games aren't even a main feature for the hardware, first its a phone then an MP3 player then a movie player then an App and video game platform.

We don't consider IBM, Dell or HP game console manufacturer's and their PC's play games, infact their PC's have more game support then all of Apple's devices combined. Apple is a loser , they couldn't fill Nintendo's shoes even if Sony, MS and Nintendo all went bankrupt and Apple was the only company with a gaming platform. Apple will never be a true game company like Nintendo is, not even with Steve Job's. Any buddy who is dilusional enough to believe Apple will take over the industry in ten years (And believe their is a moron who does) they need to put a helmet on, take some medication and be put in a padded room because they are insaine!

I'm not saying Apple isn't an amazing company or that Steve Jobs isn't an amazing CEO and master mind. But Apple could never and never will replace Nintendo. Even if Nintendo went bankrupt Apple is completely incapable of replacing them. Its even impossible for them to replace Sony and while more possible but highly unlikely replace Microsoft.

Apple is not a game company in the sense of Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony. or even EA, UbiSoft or any other mainstream console software developer. So please stop giving them credit where no credit is due!

Dude I never said gaming would just stop. But for me gaming would become alot less attractive. Right now in my library of games over half are made directly by Nintendo. If you then exclude all the third party content on Nintendo platforms I am left with like a 6th of my games are on X-Box or PS3/PSP. So yes gaming would almost end for me if Nintendo was gone.

Nintendo deserves even more credit then I gave. If it wasn't for Nintendo the industry would have collapsed in the 80's. Then if it wasn't for Nintendo Sony would never have entered the industry so all you Sony fans would be without PlayStation. If it wasn't for Nintendo we wouldn't have a single Nintendo title (Duh). If it wasn't for Nintendo their would be no handheld gaming consoles unless someone else developed one but with the game industry crashing in the 80's that is highly unlikely. So without handheld gaming platforms and Sony would we have the smart phones we have today? What about technology the games industry has driven in PC's and handheld's, without the technology made by Nintendo or for Nintendo or inspired by Nintendo, where would the games industry be?

If Nintendo never existed and thus Sony never entered gaming, Microsoft would never have built the X-Box. Essentially without Nintendo gaming would be nowhere near what we have today. Infact console gaming may not have existed at all past the 80's crash. Then theirs the impact Nintendo has had in Japan from their cards and toys to their hotels and taxi service. To being one of Japans oldest and most successful companies.

You can't give Nintendo too much credit. Without Nintendo, Miyamoto etc...etc... gaming as we know it would never have come to be. So due to the reasons above Nintendo is the gaming industry. They are the chosen ones the light in hours of darkness they are hope and future , past and present of video games.

Now I talked about why Nintendo deserves so much credit for the past but what about the present?

Nintendo this generation has done so much for gaming. If Wii never launched at that lower price point, Microsoft and Sony would not have rushed to cut hardware costs and prices. If GBA hadn't made so much money Sony would never have released the PSP, then the Nintendo DS is what drove Sony to invest a butt load into R&D and software development to bring us a new handheld experiance via PSP and now Vita. Had DS not used a touch screen or dual screens would Sony have actually put a touch screen on Vita? What about the gyro sensors Nintendo pioneered last generation? Would those sensors be in the I-Phone or in Vita? Maybe , maybe not. If Nintendo hadn't brought us an innovation like motion controls would Sony have ever released Move? Or Microsoft Kinect? If Nintendo hadn't shifted focus to girls and older folks and targetted the blue ocean how many gamers would never have picked up a controller? Would virtual pets have made a comeback in the form of a Nintendog like game, or how about games that excersize your mind like Brain Training? Without Nintendo in the industry it would be screwed.

Is Nintendo the best company on earth? In my opinion yes, in others maybe not. Is Nintendo the best and only  video game exclusive console manufacturer? Yes and that is factual as they only make games. Microsoft and Sony have hundreds of side buisnesses they can count on. Nintendo is the only hardware manufacturer whose soul purpose is to make video games.

If Nintendo went down the industry may go on, but it would be a very sad day and the industry would never be the same. Infact even the loss of Sega has vastly effected the industry a loss of Nintendo would be 10x more impactful.

Also I notice in your post you credit Apple as one of the main game companies. Apple barely develops games at all, infact they don't even have a mainstream games console. A phone that can play games hardly ranks as a games console, if we call the I-Phone a games console then every single phone on the market is. Heck Black Berry has been around way longer and they were never creditted as having a games console.

Apple is not a game company. They barely even make games at all. They make hardware that can play games on it, but the games aren't even a main feature for the hardware, first its a phone then an MP3 player then a movie player then an App and video game platform.

We don't consider IBM, Dell or HP game console manufacturer's and their PC's play games, infact their PC's have more game support then all of Apple's devices combined. Apple is a loser , they couldn't fill Nintendo's shoes even if Sony, MS and Nintendo all went bankrupt and Apple was the only company with a gaming platform. Apple will never be a true game company like Nintendo is, not even with Steve Job's. Any buddy who is dilusional enough to believe Apple will take over the industry in ten years (And believe their is a moron who does) they need to put a helmet on, take some medication and be put in a padded room because they are insaine!

I'm not saying Apple isn't an amazing company or that Steve Jobs isn't an amazing CEO and master mind. But Apple could never and never will replace Nintendo. Even if Nintendo went bankrupt Apple is completely incapable of replacing them. Its even impossible for them to replace Sony and while more possible but highly unlikely replace Microsoft.

Apple is not a game company in the sense of Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony. or even EA, UbiSoft or any other mainstream console software developer. So please stop giving them credit where no credit is due!

I never predicted Nintendo would bite the dust, I barely even hinted that I speculate that. I simply said a price cut and such is a bad thing for Nintendo. The fall of Nintendo stocks in value is also a horrible tragic event. I then later mentioned how important Nintendo is to the industry and said if they went down so would most of the industry. I wasn't speculating they are going down infact I think they could survive a loss of 3DS and WiiU if they had too.

169.99$ is not coming to their senses. If they are loosing money on the hardware then it is not a smart buisness decision and isn't like Nintendo. Nintendo never looses money on hardware and never should look at what happened with PS3 and 360? They made so much less money then Nintendo did. Look at PS2/X-Box both sold at a loss to begin with and infact Microsoft ended the generation at a massive loss. Sony infact turned less profit from their successful PS2 then Nintendo did on GameCube/GBA.

Fact is if its bad for Nintendo its bad for us the consumer. You may be saying yay its cheaper that 80$ saved. But that is what 6-8 games that could be developed with that lost money. Less profit for Nintendo means less games and content for us, then it means less R&D which means less hardware upgrading. Less money then means investors jump ship, less investors means the company is easier to take over. The company being easy to take over means someone might take it over.

In the end Nintendo taking a loss on each unit will mean millions if not over a billion in damage to Nintendo. Which will directly effect us the consumer. So no their is no reason to rejoice or be happy. It may be nice temporarily to pay 80$ less but you'll be complaining when Nintendo can't pump out the same amount of software or support you as much as they could in the past!

Read his post again and put two and two together. It really isn't hard.

I read his post, i just dont agree with it. I think NINty is trying to get all the audiences with the 3DS, something they didnt have with the Wii. But its still to early to tell. I could be wrong