So far on-live has tried it. Square Enix said there hoping to start by the end of 2014 or around 2015.

Most will follow as more companies have been talking about it.

Honestly would you say you are a ninty fanboy ?  yes or no, If yes then yahh this thread is a lost casue.  But some are more open minded, but may be ignorant of reality and still think as if ninty farts smell like roses.  People love for ninty should not blind them to the reality that to most gamers they are irrelevent.  

Its not a thread to make you think less of ninty, but more of a get real it is what it is.  You may love ninty to death but most dont, so dont act like everyone needs to bow down and kiss their ass as if they are a holier then all part of gaming many ninty fanboys make em out to be.  

I hope ninty get their shit together and gives my U 5 years of gaming, but my hope does not nor should it blind me to the state of things.

The point of this topic was to have a civil and reasonable discussion about Nintendo's role in the gaming industry, and whether some people are putting them on a pedastal.

Judging by your post, I'm guessing that isn't your preferred kind of topic, so feel free to find one that's a better fit for you.

Not a single company, Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft play a staring role in the industry, people just have the opinion that their favorite company does.
Truth is that the second any bow out another company would move to fill the gap, because filling gaps in a market is where the money is to be found, and money is the entire reason for the industries existence.

The day any of the three bow out would be a sad day, but just like when atari, commodore, sega and many others left the hardware industry, the world kept spinning and the void was eventually filled, move on 5 years and some remember the companies with fondness, others with glee that they are gone, and that would be true for any company, even sony, microsoft or nintendo.

As for nintendo "making the best games", thats entirely down to opinion, average score or overall popularity does not mean universally true, we are individuals and unless you bow to the peer pressure of wanting to fit into a particular social grouping, you will like whatever game you truly like, even if every other person you meet thinks its the worst game ever made.

As such, who makes the best games?, everyone does, depending on who you ask.

That weren't called the "HD twins" for no reason.

Agreed. It's not even their incredibly similar libraries, their whole philosophy and approach to gaming is nigh identical.

Do you think it wouldnt have been the "hd triplets" had the wii enough power to port all the multi plats to or something?

I tend to think people would care about one of the biggest software publishers and only relevant player in the handheld space going away.

And how many would care if Microsoft or Sony went away?  Wouldn't most of those people just switch to the other and go on playing mostly the same games?

They were called the HD twins because they were both HD, and had similar third party offerings.  Sony's first party is way better than MS's. and in my opinion better than Nintendo at this point.  So I think Sony is harder to replace.

If the Wii still had motion controls, then no.