Oh no, PC gaming have its downside too.But it's more powerful, that means it's better, right?
And I've heard a bunch of people on here say that the PS4 and Xbone are just souped up versions of the 360/PS3. It sounds like they released the PS4 and Xbone to have a more powerful engine so they could convince people to stay with their systems since they were more powerful than Nintendo..
Those bunch of people lied. PS4 and X1 is not an amped up version of PS3 and X360. Again there is nothing similar between PS4/X1 and PS3/X360. They are a completely different consoles, from the departure of PowerPC/CELL to x86_64, separate to unified memory layout, etc.
Wii U IS a souped up version of Wii (and by extension GameCube), because their system layout is relatively the same. They all use Power 7 CPU family, VLIW GPU from ATI/AMD, etc. Wii U and Wii achieved 100% backward compatibilities to Wii and GC games because hardware is essentially the same, just faster. Nintendo chose to "upgrade" their system rather than complete redesign because it is cheaper and much easier to retain backward compatibility.
To original thread:
I think Nintendo is too conservative. For one while Sony and Microsoft are rebranding their system to be an all-in-one entertainment system (BD player, video and music on online store, HDMI input on X1, etc), Nintendo is staying put. Nintendo has plenty of capital and they won't diversify their market.
Internet aspect is also a weak fort for Nintendo. While introduction of NNID to 3DS is a major step, it is still console-locked rather than account-based. They also killed off Swap Note even though it is beyond necessary, a step backward in social gaming.