Because Ninten-do what MicroSony don't.

Please read my above statement again.

Ninty posted their first loss EVER and they plan on continuing with the exact same strategy.  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize the fundamental flaws with this. 

Games, by the way, were part of the problem with the 3DS (not just the price) initially since it didn't have any first party games but Pilotwings and Nintendogs if my memory serves me correctly.  They said that letting 3rd parties take the lead and releasing core games for the system was going to be a key to their success and would get core gamers to buy the handheld.  This did not happen, and the same strategy will not work by releasing things like Ninja Gaiden 3 at launch.  :p

I guess that you're right.  They had a huge grasp of the casual crowd during the PS1 and PS2 years.  The casual base was eating out of Nintendo's hand then because it was so easy for them.

Sony is incompetent in that regard. M$ did a better job but came late to the party, yeat i helped them greatly in america. Also it wasnt just them, it was everybody else, the only thing they got left was shovelwere, and they cant keep releasing the same games in the  same console that casuals want without fatiguing the franchise. Casual arent that entitled to a franchise, too much of something in a certain time gap and you might lose them eventually.

Things change my friend, it's called evolution.

But the Nintendo released "casual" games (I hate that word) were very good.  You are right about the 3rd parties putting out crappy clones.  That is what they did wrong.  Casual gamers might be not be hardcore, but aren't stupid.  They won't keep shelling out money on crap and that's why those games didn't sell.  Nintendo's games like this, on the other hand, stopped selling because they stopped making them.

Oh, so Nintendo might not have always been good at knowing what people wanted and I guess that it's possible that this could happen again while MS and Sony figure out what they did wrong.  It's called evolution and thanks for backing me up.

Well it certainly isn't trivial either, so it takes some explaining.

First of all, they took a loss on their handheld offerings, which never should have happened in the first place had they better balanced the casual to core ratio and eliminated nice but disposable features (stereoscopic 3D).

Nintendo always relied on its portable offerings to hold it strong in difficult times, this time it didn't pan out. Yes, it's an issue, but it is highly unrelated to the strategy at hand.

The strategy doesn't require fancy features, it doesn't require stereoscopic 3D, it simply requires a balanced core to casual ratio. Whether the system offers HD or not is another topic, a padlet or not, it's another topic. The topic here is basic, better balance of core to casual.

Above and beyond that, there are other factors, but you can't consider these in the debate...

:) Okay, so we know for a fact this isn't part of the strategy at hand and we aren't going to see that in the WiiU. So really, you have nothing to worry about.

I'm just glad that Nintendo isn't relying on another fancy feature like stereoscopic 3D. That new controller isn't fancy at all...

Nope, that would be like saying Nintendo can't make Mario anymore. They can.

The casual appeal, it's part of their treasure chest now. That's not something you lose from one day to the next, especially not in the span of a few months (until Wii launch) or one or two years post the fact.

Don't be silly