NO. IN MY OPINION WHITOUR nintendo the gaming industry is over. Nintendo is the one balancing he equation. By themselves, MS and Sony would make the entire industry to colapse. Imagin just games dedicated to "hardcore" gamers, it would be a disaster. Now, the only thing Nintendo needs to get back is the third party support. Don't agree with you, Wii pushed the boundaries of this generation by expanding their user base. If you think 96million+64million+61million from the Three Big is not conincidence, Wii make it possible. Games shoul never be developed to be blockbuster movies, they should be developed to be fun and creative.

Well to be honest, if you're buying a WiiU to play current gen games then more power to you, I would expect it to run games as much if not better than current hardware. Next gen though is a different story. We'll see how they fare agains't newer engines. If next gen hardware are comparable to WiiU and can't really run UE4 level games then it should be ok... but if they're way more capable and run engines that needs to be vastly downscaled to fit WiiU spec then you be the judge afterwards. Sony gets so much flack for having a game with a bit less resolution/blurryness/washed/etc than Xbox (like it's sooo much different it prevents one from playing), how will WiiU fare if it's specs and controls can't compare?

even simplier -- nintendo lets retro go third party.

OT - overall it is a good idea regardless of what the haters say.  i hope sony follows suit with their http://gaikai.com/ acquisition.  dedicated hardware will soon be irrelevant.  

Ill be happy if WiiU gets as much 3rd party love as 360 and ps3 does.

I agree to some degree. Nintendo this gen has provided casuals a reason to enter in the gaming space and that's a good thing. I don't see how MS and Sony would make the industry colapse, this doesn't make sense actualy, last gen Nintendo was virtualy absent and gaming was doing well (thanks to Sony, yes... ).

Blockbuster movie level games have their place as much as other games in my opinion. In fact it's healthy for the industry to have blockbusters. There are so many different types of gamers it's a very interresting business now. Fun and creative games wouldn't push gaming where it is now, it's a combination of everything. Nintendo alone didn't made the industry what it is, every company had it's moment of glory and we all benefit from it.

Why I think Nintendo should exit the hardware space is mainly because of what it's becoming. It's not solely about games anymore but more about entertainment. People want to have access to as many services as possible on every one of their devices. Gaming is becoming a service just like movies and music are becoming. You have this box that plays you music, movies, games and all and all this in your living room. Nintendo would benefit greatly from becoming a service more than a hardware maker with services on it.

To all of you who think I'm agains't Nintendo, I also think MS should do the same and believes they will. Xbox Live will be a service available on almost every devices providing games to those who want to play MS games.

I think to some extends, they will sell games on different platforms because selling more Xboxes won't get them more money, Xbox Live will get them the money and visibility they want. I think Sony with the aquisition of GaiKai will do the same but they might want to use this to promote their different hardwares pcs/phones/tvs/tablets/consoles.

how many of them know how to develop. market and make games? how many of them know how to run and manage a game development studio? anybody in these plethora of blogs and articles an experienced business man in game development?

@ the bolded section, if anybody of those people have ever played a game on a controller than played a game on a touch screen wouldnt believe that. play a mario game see how tight the controls are and then tell me if it works on a touch screen. excuse me but i would rather trust nintendo who has been in the industry for 30 years and over a journalist or bloger who knows nothing about the gaming indusrty, the gaming market, game development, gameplay, or any info about the costs of iOS game development or console or handheld game development, costs and profit in the short and long term other than what he read on IGN and gamespot.com

everything i know i learned from you.  glad to know you approve of my progress.

Read the link in my sig to find out why PS4 and x3ox won't be a major leap over wii u.

Anyways; IF Nintendo manages to create a console that can run all the 3rd party games (albeit slightly less graphically impressive; kinda like PS360 vs high end PCs) you'll see quite a loss in sales for Sony and Microsoft. I know of several people on this forum alone that has a Wii... AND a PS360 just to play 3rd party games. Imagine if Nintendo fans didn't have to buy a MicroSony system to be able to play the same kind of games. It would then come down to 1st party games. And we all know who wins then.