Recently, on some Korean sites I came across some posts on Nintendo's recent hardships in the gaming department, but surprisingly most articles were written in comparison with Apple (not enough emphasis on Sony and M$ but they seem to compare Apple's recent boom on game apps than actual game competition), because Apple went for do-it-all peripherals like iPhone and iPad, compared to Nintendo which only emphasizes on pure gaming consoles (Internet browsers are one thing but compared to Apple, Nintendo handhelds are severely limited - and even in comparison with Vita, too) and some were saying that they were too proud in their games like Mario, that they just disregarded the 3rd party game makers, and ultimately on the majority of gamers. personally I thought it was not reading the general public correctly and the big N just tried to force new gimmicks onto gamers which they thought was "innovative" but ultimately didn't sell enough to take the top, though you do see their innovations eventually get copied (Wii remotes -> PS3 Move and M$ Kinect, DS Portable touchscreen -> Ipod touch/Ipad, possibly some more).
Since Apple is a computer-first company compared to Nintendo which started out as a Hanafuda card maker, is it unfair that they're being compared? Is Nintendo that withdrawn not to listen to what public wants (the CoD playing type, the graphics whores who are the ones that bring in the most money) and continue to pump out these hit-or-miss "innovative" gimmicks that'll hurt Nintendo in the end?
Since Apple is a computer-first company compared to Nintendo which started out as a Hanafuda card maker, is it unfair that they're being compared? Is Nintendo that withdrawn not to listen to what public wants (the CoD playing type, the graphics whores who are the ones that bring in the most money) and continue to pump out these hit-or-miss "innovative" gimmicks that'll hurt Nintendo in the end?