It's the question I keep telling to myself. We all know of the Wii U and 3DS problems, I'm not here to talk about that. I am here to talk about a deeper problem, something that has been going for years and is currently hurting Nintendo more than ever.

The media. The industry. Whatever you want to call it, but it seems there is a portion of the gaming world that it's against Nintendo and it's pretty clear but no one dares to talk about it because it's wildly accepted that it's all in "Nintendo fans minds", or "It's just a conspiracy theory".

Well I'm here to tell you it's not a conspiracy theory. In fact there is plenty of evidence about it. You need to check articles from the N64 era or the Gamecube era, heck even on the Wii era we had negative news about Nintendo. 

Don't you remember guys about this?

Seem pretty obvious they where talking about Nintendo. But let's not stay with that only! Don't you remember the backlash that the gamecube recieved because it looked like a "kids toy".

I will post this article: http://www.dromble.com/2014/01/07/dolphin-tale-story-of-gamecube/ I think I already posted it once in these forums but It won't hurt to post it again for anyone who missed it. There is a whole section about the "kiddy image" of the Gamecube.

Well you get the point guys, it's just a little research and BAM! you can find all sort of negative articles about Nintendo. And over the course of the years, that weakened Nintendo. That, coupled with an incredible apathy from third party developers to publish their games on Nintendo platforms, have sunk the Wii U to new lows. And with that Nintendo now sinks to new lows.

So how long is Nintendo going to keep making games and creating hardware? Is the QOL their way of saying "We surrender, at last!"? How long is Nintendo going to try to go against an industry that seems to be against it?

I don't really know or care.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

hopefully never.

Good to know, I will treasure your post for the rest of my life. Your post really meant a lot man.

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You say "even" during the Wii era there was negative backlash.  Actually, that's all there was, both in the ramp up to launch and after it had taken the world by storm.  You see, no matter what it does, Nintendo can never "win," even when they're "printing money."  It really just has to do with the cynical nature of the internet and the tendency to tear down established monoliths of gaming (or any industry).

To answer your question:  Nintendo will not and should not give up.  They should be true to themselves and their vision and continue working on ways to disrupt the normal flow of entertainment.  Thankfully, their pockets are large enough to keep them going, despite the pitchforks and flaming crosses the fanboys carry.

They don't care about competition, so if they keep making money, never. I don't think the whole industry is against them, it was their mistake to continue cartridges in the N64 days.

I'm also of they idea that Nintendo should keep on going but if they keep going like this I don't see them going very far. The Wii U is proof that the Nintendo brand is really weak at the moment, I really wonder if Nintendo can keep up with it. Maybe the QOL is their way of slowly accepting that they can't rely on their consoles and games anymore to be a healthy company...

gg wp

Indeed, it was a mistake but that FF 7 advert was taking it a little bit too far. Square stoped publishing games for Nintendo consoles for years after they switched to Playstation.