Right. Gameplay experience still matters to a company like Nintendo and for that they need to have full control of their own hardware. I've seen many suggest t

Right. Gameplay experience still matters to a company like Nintendo and for that they need to have full control of their own hardware. I've seen many suggest that Nintendo should port their back catalog of games over to iOS simply because "people would buy them" - ignoring the fact that these games need dedicated input control and smudging your fingers up against glass with no tactile feedback is a terrible experience. This would never happen (yes I know about emulators). Nintendo recognizes Apple as their main competitor now and it's hard to compete with a company that refreshes their hardware yearly, making the old "console advantage" not much of an advantage anymore. Nintendo will always be around, they hold the keys to the greatest video game franchises of all time[1], but I think their future will be in handhelds. You can already see a shift happening as the majority of their focus has been on the 3DS this year. Their next handheld after the 3DS really needs to be a hit for them. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_franchises http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_franchises