Industry Vet Bing Gordon Believes Nintendo Will Go Software Only

Unless it's a total disaster, I think they'll get one more shot at making a console after the Wii U. If they continue with recent trends with that console, however, I think we can all look forward to playing Smash Bros. on Xbox Live & PSN.

Nintendo had blunders like the Virtual Boy but they still survived.

Who cares if the Hardware can or cannot run, say, Crysis 2, if it can run the so called(by Bing Gordon) "perfect games" by Miyamoto? As long they keep churning out Consoles functional enough to run Mario and Zelda, Nintendo will never stop making them. If they could sell nearly a 100 million Wiis, why would they stop?

Also, I think most of the top brass at Nintendo would sooner commit Sepukku than allow Mario and co to appear on any other non-Nintendo gaming platform

Anyone who says Nintendo will go software only is a Fucking idiot. Aside from the fact that their hardware is always extremely profitable, they've also proven over and over again that they understand the hardware market in general. Just for one example, Nintendo had very good reasons for not making the Wii HD-capable: HDTVs were not standard at the time. Only about one in six homes had an HDTV back in 2006. One of the (not coincidental) results? The Wii was much cheaper to develop for, and put out plenty of actual *games* instead of interactive movies like what were all over the PS3 and 360.

Of course, things have changed, and now HDTVs are standard. So, surprise surprise, now Nintendo is putting out an HD-capable console. And since HD is more common and less expensive to develop than it was six/seven years ago, the WiiU will still be an excellent platform for developers.

Simply stated, Nintendo understand that gaming consoles do not push the technology curve, they follow it.

i used to hope the day never came that nintendo went third party (partially due to how mediocre sega became after they did) but now i just want to see their ip's (both new and old.... wait they don't make new ip's) on a cutting edge system instead of always wondering how good their games would look on the competitors boxes.