Nintendo to focus on 'health' amid weak console sales Nintendo has announced plans to launch a new health 'platform' that will operate independently from its video game business, after weaker-than-expected console sales led to a 30 per cent dive in profits for the third financial quarter.…
It's the way Nintendo has operated for over 120 years. When their main venture isn't working out, they start focusing on another aspect of their business. Nintendo have dabbled in taxi services, running hotels and even steel in the past.
Nintendo has been experimenting with more out-of-the-box multiplayer with their SpotPass system, but they are stilled quite backwards when it comes to dealing with the internet. They still haven't really gotten their minds wrapped around how to deal with on-line infrastructure possibly. Just baby steps with Miiverse…
I think having the bulk of their innovation be hardware based was Nintendo's biggest mistake. Unfortunately they sacrificed memory for a "wow factor". The Wii is a lot of fun at first, but after the novelty wears off you're left with a sub-par console in terms of graphics and processing power. The Gamecube suffered a…
^ This, I agree. On another note I've heard it a lot that the problem is not Nintendos games or their system, the problem is marketing. When Nintendo released the WiiU a lot of people did not even fully grasp that it was a new system. Most of the focus was on the controller and that is what people saw the WiiU as, a new…
Personally I'd rather have a WiiU over a "next-gen" console. People often bash Nintendo for no longer having "creative" ideas, but the most played games on the Xbox 360 and PS3 were Call of Duty games and Fifa games, and that alone speaks for itself. It's pretty fair to assume the same thing will happen to the XB1 and PS4…