LogFAQs > #942134844

solosnake posted...

weird that none of their systems outside the Wii/NES and now SWITCH have sold exceptionally well.

Not that weird.

-SNES had heavy competition from the Genesis.
-Playstation completely stomped the N64, especially since most of Nintendo's long-standing third party partners shacked up with Sony due to the hardware.
-The PS2 did even better, and with the Xbox also around, the GCN had little room to breathe (it did get more big third party games than the N64 did, but most were still on PS2 amd now Xbox).
-Nintendo fucked up the Wii U themselves, giving it an awful name, trying to repeat the Wii's success, and not properly marketing it or emphasizing the fact that it was a completely new console and not just a Wii tablet add-on.

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I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing.