I love Nintendo but I have to say I would not be upset if they went software only, I buy their hardware to play their games, this is the only reason I buy their hardware, its extremely rare I buy anything outside of what Nintendo publish for their hardware and certainly dont use there hardware for anything other than games.

I do hope they can win 3rd party support back someday.

Exactly, then again with the strategy we've seen Nintendo doing with their hardware divisions  I can see a 9th generation Nintendo console, even like or better than the rumored one. I'm pretty sure Sony confirmed a PS5, but wasn't sure about the generation after that. and MS confirmed nothing. Wouldn't surprise me though if Nintendo is the only 10th generation hardware on the market and MS and PS offer their games as services through PC, set top boxes, and maybe even a 10th genration Nintendo box for a yearly fee. But we have about 20 years for that, and I'll be in my mid forties to see that. 

Who knows where the roads will take us. 

Well Wii U is the only original console on the market XB1 is just a dumb version of PS4 with the same games but crappier or "exclusives" that end up on PC 6 months later. As for PS4 I don't approve of anybody purchasing it now but I think in the long run it will be selling because the 3rd party games are way better on there than XB1 and even though the exclusives aren't as good as Nintendos collectively they still pack a punch and are tons of fun

- Moderated, Carl

I'm pretty sure he predicted Sony discontinuing the PS3 and leaving the console market.

I was just thinking yesterday that we haven't heard any BS from Pachter in a while, and lo and behold, he appears like Beetlejuice or Candyman.

So he's going to conveniently ignore Nintendo's handheld dominance?

Not to mention, why does everyone forget that there are devs out there that appreciate one console being less powerful and cheaper to produce for, so they can put out projects that would never catch anyone's attention on the other consoles but would sting a lot harder if they don't meet expectations?

This thread is one giant port begging circlejerk of Nintendo games.

I care, the WiiU is a very interesting console, even without the raw power. All it needs is more games that use the gamepad features, like Zombiu or eve the very dumb (but adorable) WiiU Sports Club.

Also, have 2 console, play Nintendo exclusives and the cool 3rd party games with gamepad and wiimote content (if any comes). Simple. If you do not have the money, well, you should not be playing that many video games anyways, play a little less and everything will look cooler: I play like 30 minutes to 2 hours a week, so every little time I have with games is very fun to me.

I was thinking of the Wii. Mid-tier games like Rune Factory, Little King's Story, De Blob and so on were perfect for it because it gave devs an environment where they didn't have to produce games with astronomical budgets and expect unrealistic sales. You know, like the pre-HD days.

Did it? I'm pretty sure PS2 lost money. I'll have to check.

Checking.

Fixed.