What's a bet? I think they lost the plot a long time ago. Now they seem to be trying to copy the PSVITA, with the upcoming NX, but that's so old now already. Always backwards they go. What you say?
Time to pack it up, Nintendo, just some friendly advice ;-)
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I have some better advice for you. You should pack it up and go back to your sony/microsoft fanboy club. Nintendo did not lose anything, and they don't copy crappy designs. Nintendo has what no other gaming company has, and that is originality, quality, and attention to detail. You NEVER see that with crap from sony or microsoft, EVER. The same old crappy quality games get released time and time again, by publishers with little creativity or talent. For them, it's all about putting another case on the shelves, another button for worthless DLC to be downloaded, time and time again. The gaming industry has gone down the tubes with this recipe of a game that has sold lots of copies, to keep making and pushing out crappy, unoriginal variants of it. They appeal to the masses who do not appreciate the true art that is video games, and Nintendo always has, and will always do.
Nintendo takes their time with their releases and hardware. They know their fans will appreciate that. Their business strategies go beyond the simple-minded business strategies seen by sony and microsoft. They plan for the future. They plan for replay value; not pumping out crappy products to hit the shelves like their competitors, so some mindless consumer can buy it because it's "new". Years down the road, these games and systems will still be played, while the crap from sony and microsoft will be collecting dust in the attic or thrown out years and years ago.
This is why Nintendo will NEVER fail, despite what the sony and microsoft fanboys are hoping for. They have gone strong and survived since the days before the NES, and are the only ones still producing quality games and hardware since those days. The NX will blow the competition out of the water, and with Nintendo's stellar titles, sony or microsoft couldn't even be a pimple on Nintendo's ass.