They should hire Don Mattrick.

When was the last time technology came on a lot slower than people thought?

That's a great example.

3D still hasn't had a fast adoption. I know very few people who have a 3D TV, let alone use it if they do have it. A lot of people with 3DS' (myself included) actually turn off the 3D.

I'd have to agree with you that I think game streaming becoming the norm is a long ways down the road.

One significant problem I see is internet connections. When I already experience lag on occasion in a multiplayer atmosphere, I can't imagine how stressful it would be to have lag issues in a critical moment of a game.

3D is an interesting case, it went through fads of popularity, but I think the filming and  projection technology was what held it back. Once digital filming and projectors came along and got wide market penetration in cinemas 3D came along very quickly and looks to now be a permanent feature; much to my dislike. The digital side of things went from zero to complete dominance in about 10 years from 2000. Digital 3D got started in 2006 and became pretty much the rage in 2009 with Avatar. So from the digital perspective it came on pretty damn fast.

Wow. Posts I actually agree with.

High power graphics have produced a business model which isn't sustainable. Most AAA developers now spend so much money on graphics and marketing that the games themselves are starting to suffer. And consumers now expect graphics to get better with time; your game marketed with pretty visuals HAS to sell well in its initial shipment or it will not sell at all.

Minecraft really should have been a warning shot to most developers that their graphics and power focused marketing machines are breaking down. Most gamers are interested in gameplay and word of mouth more than the pretty graphics E3 is designed to push. The AAA market will go to pieces soon because it's just too expensive and risky to develop for it. My guess is when this console cycle is almost finished the seams will really start to come undone.

So using older tech is fine. It just looks like you're crazy when you're the only sane person in the room.

You make a lot of good points.  But what happens when everyone has basically the same graphical technology?  I feel we have already hit the point of diminishing returns.  Each coming generation is going to be harder to distinguish itself just on looks alone.

Isn't that the point where lateral thinking becomes most important?  That becomes the best way to set yourself apart from the rest of the competition.

^This

This is one of the main reasons why they're failing right now. The Wii U is so far behind other current gen consoles it's saddening. I don't even get why people are constantly asking for ports of games like The Witcher 3 like it can run on the Wii U. Nintendo themselves has dug their own grave with the stupid mentality of 'doing what ever they want because they can and it's been working for year'.

Well, it worked in the past and its still working for the 3ds so maybe. The issue with the wiiu is that the whole console itself is expensive to make but the performance doesn't justify the cost so in a way, they have gone out of that formula indirectly. Cause the wiiu costed almost as much as a ps4 during launch (and they were only breaking even I think) but the hardware is well under the ps4. A lot of the cost came from the gamepad so if u look at the cost of the wiiu, the system is expensive to make even if the performance doesn't justify the cost. So with the wiiu, u have "expensive hardware" priced at an "expensive" price point that doesn't justify the cost for many people and hence why the console is doomed. So again, maybe if they do it correctly

Nintendo shouldn't hang on to any philosophy that involves them making their own hardware.

I could not disagree more. The modern dual analogue controller is a clunky workaround that's intimidating to newcomers. It takes time and practice to get used to it. There is a LOT of room for improvement there, no matter how set in its way The Industry may have become. I see controls as the area with far and away the most room for improvement.