...I love this thread.

3DS hasn't even been out six months and already it's death of Nintendo.
How long do you suppose it took the N64 to hit it's stride?
Sony was having some problems recently too.
Why aren't we talking about the death of Sony anymore?
Did that fad finally wear off?

I'm really getting sick of reading all the articles about how the 3 ds is like the virtual boy and that will be like the ps go. People have to give it a break. The wii had a crap start for twelve months with hardly any games coming out for the first year, now look at it and the success it's had.
The system is truly great. I prefer to play it than my x box at the moment. It is my console of choice and I think it will be a great success. I just wish everyone would stop whining about it and give it a break. I think its one of the coolest things to have come out since the n64!

Hypothetically speaking, if they were acquired by someone, and it were Apple, I'd see the price being raised far too much. With Apple, you're paying for the logo. Sure you get great quality products, but Nintendo already does that at a value. Also, if anyone would acquire Nintendo, it would probably be Apple. I'm sure they'd love not having to try and fight their way into the market, but just come in with Nintendo's expertise already ready.

I highly doubt Nintendo would totally drop out of the market, but I am a bit worried. Right now, they have all their eggs in one basket: Gaming. This is another reason shareholders are urging Nintendo to develop a smart phone, that way they have increased revenue and a fall back.

One thing that I am truly worried about is Shigeru Miyamoto, like, the way he cut his salary in half... have you guys heard of heri-keri? I hope he doesn't try anything like that. How common is that?

I bought the 3DS based upon how much I liked the DSi although I hate my Wii. If I hadn't bought the system on launch day, I would be buying a PS Vita. I actually like the 3DS, even though I don't play with the 3D at all. The system was overpriced but I bought into the hype that they were going to be releasing actual games for the system. Nintendo has done the worst job I have ever seen at getting people to buy this system. I do love Zelda but that is really the only game I am playing. I am going back to my old DS games because there isn't anything to play. Even the eShop continues the Nintendo tradition of releasing absolute garbage. I would never buy a Wii U. I love Nintendo and hate to see them doing poorly because I grew up playing all of their consoles but they have done an absolute atrocious job with the 3DS and Wii. I think this could be the end of Nintendo in the hardware business.

I bought the 3DS based upon how much I liked the DSi although I hate my Wii. If I hadn't bought the system on launch day, I would be buying a PS Vita. I actually like the 3DS, even though I don't play with the 3D at all. The system was overpriced but I bought into the hype that they were going to be releasing actual games for the system. Nintendo has done the worst job I have ever seen at getting people to buy this system. I do love Zelda but that is really the only game I am playing. I am going back to my old DS games because there isn't anything to play. Even the eShop continues the Nintendo tradition of releasing absolute garbage. I would never buy a Wii U. I love Nintendo and hate to see them doing poorly because I grew up playing all of their consoles but they have done an absolute atrocious job with the 3DS and Wii. I think this could be the end of Nintendo in the hardware business.

One more thing, Nintendo has become complacent with the success of the Wii and DS and they figured they didn't have to try to make people buy their products. This happens to alot of companies. Kmart is a good example. They ruled the cheap retail market and became complacent. Walmart came in and took advantage and absolutely destoryed them. This is what Apple has done to Nintendo.

WHy are you on this site again?

APple hasn't destroyed them yet. Nintendo NEEDS smartphones. Even Sony has a Xperia PlayStation Phone! If Nintendo wants to compete with Apple and Sony, Nintendo NEEDS smartphones.

You're not gonna be talking about how you sold your 3DS because you gave up before the big game season, are you?

Once the holiday season gets here nobody will be talking about the fall of Nintendo.
At least they shouldn't be.
Do I really need to start listing the reasons?

Um...it kinda sounds like you hate Nintendo. I mean, you're entitled to your opinion about the Wii and 3DS, but when you say things like "The Nintendo tradition of releasing absolute garbage", and follow something like that with "I love Nintendo", you're just contradicting yourself. So please, pick a side.

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Anyway, Nintendo has a plan. I'm sure of it. Nintendo is smart, and they know what they're doing.

There is nothing to be concerned about.
The 3DS is now selling at Nintendo's expectations.
The Wii u is going to sell for the following reasons.
HD
Nostalgic
It's Nintendo
And we barely know anything about it.
The Wii is also selling at it's expectations even with Kinect and Move in markets.

The DSiXL doesn't count. It's just a bigger DSi. That's like calling the PS3 Slim a new console, when it's just a smaller version.

I think there is far too much panic going on regarding Nintendo. There have been some pretty odd decisions on Nintendo's part over the past couple of years (with the 3DS, Wii and WiiU), but it doesn't mean the end for Nintendo - They've been in far worse scrapes then this (See the mid-late 90's where the only thing keeping the company successful was Pokemon).

Interesting (but very long) article about Nintendo here - from a financial view, not a fanboy view.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kJoX-0E8...

The best part of the article:

Dismiss as nonsense any claim that the enormous decline in share value since 2007/08 is a sign that the markets think Nintendo is on a road to utter disaster.

The markets, let's not forget, still value Nintendo at over 1.5 trillion Yen - a far cry from their extraordinary valuation in 2007, but still the world's most valuable games company. That valuation racks up to some £12.4 billion plus spare change at the present exchange rate, which makes Nintendo almost 50% more valuable than Activision Blizzard.

For Americans, £12.4 billion is roughly $19.2 billion.

just joined the site today- hello all!

in response to this thread, no i do not believe that nintendo is going to go out of the hardware business and join SNK, sega, both of whom used to develop consoles before they became 3rd party games developers.

sure things aren't going well perhaps, and sometimes some of their decisions haven't been great, but they will come out of this drought and sales will prop up again.

@ misswliu81
Welcome to the site and btw Nice avatar!

thank you Link79! i'm looking forward to posting here more often.

Your welcome!
Are you perhaps one of Samus's lady fans? I was just curious since your username is misswliu81.