These forums usually talk about previous gens in relations to future gens. I mean didn't fans dismiss the DS and Wii due to the GameCube's failure and thinking touch screens wouldn't work or be attractive?

Probably put it out wrong, my bad. More like the press and media. And in a way, they were right initially as DS sales were slow to start as mentioned in news and even in Iwata's Gaming Historian doc.

You are completely missing the point. Nintendo games would likely still sell like Nintendo games, what im saying is that most of them probably wont see any massive increase in sales because the market for these genres is small on PS4/XBO.

I would point out how great Sega, Atari and SNK have done since going from first to exclusively third party. Those that claim sales and even quality would follow when Nintendo would be losing the inside edge of having control and exclusive knowledge of the hardware they use would mean there would be a drop in quality.

I get what your saying but i would argue that Nintendo has always been way higher in terms of quality than any of those 3. Sega is debatable but the other 2 not so much.

I was thinking this too until the recent rumours about the NX... They are being different. They need to be. They don't have the muscle of money the other companies have.

Let's see how the NX plays out. I think it could be wildly successful. 50 million + Worldwide.

DS not so much, Wii yeah, but why ignore the gen that we just had where Ninty;s home console was not doing too hot, makes sense to compare the most RECENT gen.

i only half agree. I do agree that the sales wouldnt increase that much but not becasue genres is small on PS4/XBONE (which is not true anyway) but because those Ninty games have a ceiling anyway. Zelda for example does about 5-7 mil max no matter the install base.

It's because Nintendo are holding their great games hostage with terrible consoles that no one wants. At least Sony and Microsoft make attractive consoles.

I've become pretty comfortable with the whole Nintendo console thing and amiibo ecosystem, so it's doesn't bother me.

that was the exception not the rule. Also Nintendos games are far superior to the hardware they produce.

Its like having a woman with a beautiful face and a ugly body.