I remember there being distinct periods where: - Genesis was out but we were still mostly playing NES games. - Playstation was out but we were still mostly pl

I remember there being distinct periods where: - Genesis was out but we were still mostly playing NES games. - Playstation was out but we were still mostly playing SNES games. - PSP was out but everyone stuck to GBA. - I was on hiatus from video games when Wii happened, but I was aware that most my friends had one, even if you wouldn't know it, because ps and xbox were more popular with (the minority of) people who want to talk about video games all the time. My guess is that Nintendo has a few key parts of their strategy: More casual gamers don't actually care about having the best graphics (corollary: more casual gamers won't spend an extra $100 on better graphics), you need something that feels new & novel to attract the attention of more casual gamers and motivate them to buy, and technical constraints foster the kind of creativity that does that. Perhaps even more so than clever hardware gimmicks.