Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology (2015)

Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by Eric_WVGG on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:29AM (#22794574)

Also overlooked is that this strategy backfires on Nintendo nearly as often as it succeeds.

The Wii may have sold a lot of units, but it didn’t get _played_ as much as its contemporaries in large part due to the fact that Nintendo refused to release a high-def version, right when the world dumped all their old TVs en masse.

The Wii U nearly sunk the damn company. If the 3DS hadn't been popular, Nintendo would be where Sega is by now.

It's fine, excellent in fact, to go with tried-and-true tech, but you also need the foresight to see what's inadequate.

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by kick on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:55PM (#22796060)

If the 3DS hadn't been popular, Nintendo would be where Sega is by now.

This is revisionist. Nintendo is a pile of cash with a game development arm attached. Unlike SEGA, Nintendo could release a thousand unpopular consoles and still keep going.

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