GAMINGtruth's Greg Bargas takes a look at the past in this Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii U comparison.
"When it comes to the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii U, there are similarities that can be drawn from the two. Both featured dual-screen technology and released into an industry filled with change turmoil. The two companies were once entangled in console wars, Nintendo indirectly crowned triumphant as SEGA backed out of the development to only focus on software.
In the current age of gaming, will the same now happen to Nintendo? Rough numbers and lack of third-party support might pressure Super Mario to find a new home. Are future consoles in the company's near future? Or, has it too succumbed to same turnover as seemingly untouchable companies like THQ and ATARI?
We could very well see an officially licensed Super Mario PC title. It may seem odd, but it might be the only hope Nintendo has at surviving."
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
No, because the Dreamcast actually had enjoyable games.
No it isn't. System hasn't been out long enough.to say something like this
Nintendo is a long way from 3rd party publisher people seem to forget that have a very successful console the 3ds, even if the Wii u fails they will at the very least stay in the portable market as they've proven with the gameboy vs game gear and neo geo pockets, ds vs PSP and 3ds vs vita that no one can touch them in the dedicated game handheld market and they would probably still end up releasing a new home console at some time.
I don't think so, given Nintendo's way more popular franchises than Sega ever had. I love Dreamcast though and I'm excited to check out the Wii.
Too early, E3 should be a good sign of things to come.