It really is a very crucial time for the video game industry, and I agree that all players have made mistakes along the way, some bigger than others. I hope they can get their **** together, because I like their products. I want them to keep making products. Games like 2008 Prince of Persia, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Portal, Bioshock, Half Life 2... I'm not getting those games from Nintendo, so I sincerely hope that the gaming industry can recover.
However, this isn't about the mistakes that the other companies have made, this is also about mistakes that Nintendo has made. Just because they're the only one making serious money at the moment doesn't make them exempt from mistakes, and to cite their sales figures as rationale for them as some sort of perfect, ideal business model, well I don't buy that. Nintendo's had a lot of good fortune, but I don't think analyzing their sales success is as easy as simply saying "Well, look at blue ocean. Obviously they succeeded because they followed blue ocean strategy. It was pre-ordained." I'm sure there are plenty of business strategies that are just as logically sound as blue ocean that DIDN'T pan out. Nintendo got one right, but they've gotten them wrong too, in the past. The industry is cyclical. Nintendo is not impervious to this. I have my doubts that Nintendo's current success will last into the next generation.
This thread is about how the gaming media is not doing a good enough job of covering Nintendo, but I have no problem with the way they're covering Nintendo. They're pointing out their frustrations with the product, and I share those frustrations. Just because Nintendo has managed to outsell the competition does not automatically give them the better product, it merely gives them the more popular product. IGN picking on the flaws of Wii is really no different than film critics picking on the flaws of whatever movie is the most popular of the moment.
Sorry, I'm getting off topic here and I really have no desire to sit here and click refresh all day (which is what I think this is going to turn into) so I'm trying to stay as rational and level headed as possible.