Nintendo's been a handheld company since GBA. Their strength, soul and success are on handheld only. Leaving the console market was a brilliant decision.

Whatever other reasons, Switch got a lot of Wii U content early on and that what made Switch sell so much early on. Nintendo almost used every big franchise they have on the first 12 months. I reckon it's unprecedented.

PS5 will still get plenty of big games in Japan; some they'll money-hat, others will be shared with Switch, and yet others will be made for PS5 instead of Switch by devs who'll prioritize eye candy over being financially sensible.

Not strictly true, the Wii was a success.

Splatoon 2 wasn't a Wii U game, nor was Odyssey. As for using "almost every big franchise in the first 12 months" where was Pokemon, Animal Crossing, 2D Mario, Smash Bros, Donkey Kong, Mario Party, etc?

What a terrible response. There is absolutely no evidence that Nintendo's soul has not been in home console gaming; every generation the home console versions of their games outclassed their handheld counterparts in quality and content. Nevermind that Nintendo did not exit the home console market with Switch which again reinforces that they are passionate about having their games played on big screens.

"Not true at all" would have been the appropriate response here. Nintendo's brilliant decision was that they can now focus on a single console without exiting either the home console or handheld market, something that Sony failed at.

That makes you face the same question that likeminded people have not been able to answer since over two years:

If Switch is only in the handheld market, how come that this supposed handheld is selling so well at $300 for the console itself and $60 for its games?

Wii was an exception. NES and SNES barely had competition.

My mistake was saying 12 months. Wii U had Smash, MK, Mario 2D, Mario 3D, DKC, Zelda. This is "almost every big franchise".

I agree with you. I don't know why Nintendo's so expensive. Do you believe many games for Wii U are still very expensive? Much more than Witcher 3 for example that I can find for pennies. That's another reason why I love my PS. I can get so much content for less.

I agree with you. I don't know why Nintendo's so expensive. Do you believe many games for Wii U are still very expensive? Much more than Witcher 3 for example that I can find for pennies. That's another reason why I love my PS. I can get so much content for less.

I see someone has mastered the art of sidestepping.

That's completely beside the point.

But anyway, of course Wii U titles are expensive, especially now. The console was a flop, there ain't many consoles or games out there for the collectors, and, like many Nintendo consoles in the past, it's slowly getting vindicated, meaning it's increasingly sought after.

Physical copies of games like The Wonderful 101 or Tank! Tank! Tank! will certainly become rather expensive over the years due to limited amount of copies for the collectors.