See the problem with your theory, and the theory put forth by "reporters" like this every 12 months, is that youre coming at it from the angle of an Apple fanboy. Of course it makes sense for Apple.
It makes no sense whatsoever for Nintendo. Theyve got a war chest numbering in the billions off their successes with things like Pokemon, the DS, the profit they made on every Gamecube sold (something Sony and MS cant claim).
And to say that Nintendo is an "American" Japanese company is dead wrong. The simple act of letting a Texas based studio develop one of their game franchises about 4 years back was so foreign and unexpected that fanboys heads exploded in unison. They consistently mark their course off where the Japanese market stands, and let that strategy play out across all markets.
About once a year some dip comes up with this same brilliant theory. Nevermind that Nintendo is strongly Japanese to the point of damaging their own global potential, but why would Nintendo surrender to what is in essence Microsoft with better IOEs?
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See the problem with your theory, and the theory put forth by "reporters" like this every 12 months, is that youre coming at it from the angle of an Apple fanboy. Of course it makes sense for Apple. It makes no sense whatsoever for Nintendo. Theyve got a war chest numbering in the billions off their successes with things like Pokemon, the DS, the profit they made on every Gamecube sold (something Sony and MS cant claim). And to say that Nintendo is an "American" Japanese company is dead wrong. The simple act of letting a Texas based studio develop one of their game franchises about 4 years back was so foreign and unexpected that fanboys heads exploded in unison. They consistently mark their course off where the Japanese market stands, and let that strategy play out across all markets.
About once a year some dip comes up with this same brilliant theory. Nevermind that Nintendo is strongly Japanese to the point of damaging their own global potential, but why would Nintendo surrender to what is in essence Microsoft with better IOEs?