Up until recently, I still thought that Nintendo might have had a very solid chance to recover from the tepid Wii U launch because it only takes one or two amaz

Up until recently, I still thought that Nintendo might have had a very solid chance to recover from the tepid Wii U launch because it only takes one or two amazing, must-buy games to get a system flying off the shelves. Nintendo has had some great first party titles in the past and is certainly capable of creating some amazing experiences when they put their minds to it. But I think its become very evident that the suits, not the real creative gamers, are now running things at Nintendo. The recent Let's Play debacle where Nintendo monetizes user created YouTube videos is a relatively small example, but its a symptom of a dumb, bureaucratically led company that just doesn't get it. Most businesses DREAM of getting their customers to make free advertising for them, and Nintendo is going out of their way to stifle any incentive to create that free advertising for what amounts to pennies for a business of that size. That's something that really kills off any goodwill and support that a lot of people had for them. That's just one small example that really illustrates how far gone Nintendo is right now. PS: While the Wii U has a number of pros and cons, the console's relative lack of power is almost completely irrelevant to how fun the actual games are. That's one criticism from the article that I still argue that most people don't care about. Maybe game developers care about it, but as long as the games are fun most average people don't notice or care.