Mailenstein said:
Well, it isn't. The 3DS is just an example, but not the reason. I could have said Wii and it wouldn't make a difference. The point is that Nintendo used to be a company which pushed these things early on, with the FC or SFC for example. They way they approach it now, is a step backwards. You just didn't understand my post, so hopefully you do now.
When did they push online to begin with? Your whole argument is out of your frustration with their online system and just expanding it to everything Nintendo does.
They are behind current online curve, but they have improved a lot since GBA to 3DS and from Wii to 3DS and of course from DS to 3DS. You must living in your small dreamland to think that Nintendo is supposed to be the company pushing online technologies while Microsoft has much more human resources and experience for doing so. Nintendo is not a giant software company. If anything has caused them, it is your kind of idea that Nintendo must be pushing online. They are about ideas not merely technologies, but since they wanted to do everything themselves, they just couldn't keep up with infrastructure advancement.
And they are pushing industry. Who introduced touch? who introduced motion gaming? who popularized casual games? Who is going to popularize 3D? Who is making the first stand alone home console? And it is all being done with Iwata as the CEO. before Iwata, who could have even thought of a console such as Wii U?
if you can't see Nintendo pushing things, you are simply blind. They have been pushing industry more than ever.