Have they lived up to their initial regarding hardware and are the consoles actually worth their price points?
Rebirth: When Nintendo failed to match the sales of Sony’s PlayStation 2 with their Gamecube in the last round of the console war, many discounted their chances of surviving within the hardware market unless they made a herculean comeback. The first stage of this was to increase their dominance within the handheld market, one they have succeeded in since 1989 with the release of Game Boy, by producing the Nintendo DS and later the DSi. Hailed as a veritable money printer, the Nintendo DS went on to help rescue its parent company from financial ruin whilst at the same time discontinuing the strong and established Game Boy series of machines. This led Nintendo to further exploit the touchscreen capabilities of their machine and lean towards expanding the casual market by directing their efforts at people who generally don’t fall under the ‘gamer’ tag. When it paid off in unbelievable sales, this fueled their resolve as they continued to develop the Wii, a console under development since
