Easy.

Those games still do the jobs consumers ask of them (be a football game, be a multiplayer shooter, be a realistic racer)

Newer Nintendo games don't do the jobs people want from them any more.

It made a profit, but could have had so much more. It sold the least of all gen 6 consoles you know......don't act like my comment was baseless. You know.

Do you understand the context here? According to the captain Nintendo games dont innovate or dont have (enough) new and fresh ideas any mpre, and thats why they dont sell any more. If that was true most sports games wouldnt push console sales,  but they do.

Yes. I disagree with him then, I don't think it's new ideas that sell games.

You're going to need to quantify that, or be moderated for a hit-and-run statement.

No one developer can sell a console on their own.

If MS or Sony were forced to sell their consoles with the same level of third party support, they would sell even less.

oh ok then =)

Really? Dont you think Nintendo would sell a HW on their own and make a stable bussiness out of it?

they may have to lower their games visual fidelity to adjust to a lower budget , and accelerate the creative and production precesses. but i honestly think Nintendo by themselves could sell a WIi level performance system like forever!

of course at expenses of nearly zero growth and a lower install base than Wii. maybe 30--40m?

if anyone can thats Nintendo for sure

Exactly. And that's why Mario Kart 7 is at 8.6 million as it passes its second birthday, Mario Kart Wii is at 34 million, and New Super Mario Bros Wii is at 27 million. All tried and tested formulae.

Luigi's Mansion was a new idea in 2001, and sold 3 million in its lifetime. (Super Mario Sunshine was launched in 2002 and did 6 million). A decade on, and Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon is set to break 3 million within its first year. (2.93 as of this week, according to vgchartz).

This could be in part because it is on the 3DS - I'll guess we'll never know if a Wii U release would have done more for the home console... nevertheless, it does  suggest that part of the risk with launching new IPs is the amount of time it will take time to catch on.

Totally agree with this. 

I myself am in this situation. I don't want to spend time and money in building my own computer, but I prefer to buy a gaming console and play on that with easy access to online features.