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that's an excellent one sided an analysis uh I you know you're right some of the console ham right some of them come and seen going nintendo is perhaps the most famous gaming company in the world but it's no secret that the company has fallen on slightly harder times in the last few years and around that there have been rumors that it's going to get more into mobile gaming and maybe less away from consoles but is that a good idea for Nintendo rob crossley is here he is a gaming expert from GameSpot which is CNET's sister site Rob you think that Nintendo should stick with consoles why I think Nintendo should stick with consoles because there is only one constant in video games and that is that fans of a franchise or friends of an IP will pay a premium price for high quality entertainment Nintendo are perhaps the best company in the world providing premium entertainment so console is the best place for them to do that I would absolutely agree the Nintendo provides brilliant high quality grade entertainment I think that they're probably the in all the video games of the company with the best track record maybe when it comes just two video games I would agree yet right but Nintendo has a pretty bad track record when it comes to consoles you know it's made some very iconic ones like the sort of NES and I mentioned the Game Boy but then you've got other ones that like the the sort of the n64 in the Gamecube in the world yeah and the wii u and the three DS consoles that are sort of beloved by people who owned them but commercially didn't really do very much for nintendo so don't you think it would make more sense for them to basically take what they're good at which is making great games and sort of ditch the things that they couldn't do in the past you know things that haven't been working I think that's an excellent one-sided analysis oh you know you're right some of the console am right some of them come and seen going some of the console's haven't done too particularly well but the reason why their games do so well is that the designers know the hardware inside and out the thing about Nintendo is they make hardware and software in the same house in the same place and because of that they can create games which are awesome basically that because they have the insight if you suddenly say to them hey make a game for iPhone then they're designers who have been working on controllers for two decades are going to go all right over this is brand new to me so they won't have that expertise they wouldn't have that skill they were never experienced so I think if they move to other platforms you know I think the quality will be diminished somewhat right yeah that wasn't you know if you if you sort of it's not impossible to imagine a world where Nintendo is bringing some of the great gaming minds to bear on another platform I mean the you're right because they know the hardware inside out but but I don't think it would be in that doesn't feel like such a huge opposite obstacle to you and like Nintendo has a reputation for being actually a very forward-thinking company I wonder if Nintendo couldn't be the you know it's got it you got Nintendo Sony and Microsoft and it feels like at some point someone's gonna have to be the bigger man and say hello what are we doing what what is the point you know it's like it's like it's like in Game of Thrones it's like Daenerys Targaryen it's like sometimes Sony's on top and sometimes Microsoft's on top of Nintendo's on top you want someone to break the word yet no Tendo has to break the wheel you know I don't consider it losing to give up on consoles I consider it old if you look at if you look at the PlayStation and the xbox two consoles which I absolutely do yeah over the past ten years they have done the same thing they've gone through the same route right and if you look at the PlayStation 4 controller it's pretty much the same as a PlayStation 1 controller has been much evolution and the same SAP is true for the Xbox as well make those consoles don't evolve too much they just become bigger and bigger media entertainment hubs basically bright yeah where's if you look at nintendo's consoles they go off in different directions i mean you had the wii which was i mean people were laughing when they first saw the way because it was just his waggling stick it was insane yeah and then they moved they went from that to the you which is like a tablet console hybrid thing yeah Nintendo's hardware team like to innovate from hardware right and they like to inform how their software works from hardware they like being creative and I guess like if you're in the business of just making money then fine you know just try-try shipping on other platforms but I think inherently they have a corporate culture of wanting to do something wanting to do more than selling stuff I think they want to create something which makes them proud and I think that's true and a lot of Technology and entertainment companies all right that is persuasive because you have you've turned me around the idea that like an int endo at noon invit intend o console could be the best of all possible world but you also mention the xbox and playstation and let's talk about this realistically because the wee while a fantastic success initially ultimately found it that it didn't have the right hardware to impress third-party developers and over its lifespan we saw the xbox 360 and the playstation 3 sorta you know like creep up on it and then with this new generation we've we've just seen Nintendo drop right back and Microsoft and Sony plow ahead so even even if you know there's there's some great you know it brilliant new hardware experience that Nintendo has waiting in the wings can it realistically come back from the position it's at now I'm not sure Sony and Microsoft are not to be trifled with these are both these are huge companies that don't just make games consoles they have so much money and if it's not only know if it's not working for Sony they just draft in some of the extra cash from one of the bits of the business is working and the same with Microsoft and tell you that doesn't have the luxury it needs to be more competitive needs to be more nimble ultimately I agree with you but for the sake of argument okay yeah if you're exactly what you want a new technically correct on Nintendo's position however if you look at their history the snares they went from the snares to the n64 the n64 sold less yeah we're from the n64 to the gamecube the gamecube sold let's so they want to downward trajectory in fact they went from the Nez to the snares and thus Ned's sold less than the Nez right right but then they released a wig and it outsold all of them mmm they are an innovative company that provide new ideas in an industry that's stagnating creatively they always come up with a new idea sometimes it's the Virtual Boy and it doesn't sell well at all yeah but sometimes it's the way and it becomes the fastest selling console in history now yes if ninte mean if Nintendo published on xbox or playstation they might technically make a bit more money they have a wider audience but at the same time the industry would be would be less creative they'll be less happening in the industry they'll be less innovation and I personally believe there would be less hardware innovation in the industry I think in any industry you need a one company at least ago we're going to go that route actually and you know it's what Apple did with with their smartphones and they're very solid you know where the Nokia phones they're great but we're going to go this direction and the whole world changed you need a company that's willing to say we're going to go this direction I'm going to go we're going to take a new part sony doesn't do that sony's about state keeping the course microsoft is about keeping the course as well so as much as I agree with you I hope you're wrong because we do need we do need innovation all right well that's what Rob and I think but what do you think at home let us know in the comments and stay tuned