Green Day- Sweet Children

Sega weren't making record profits. During the Gamecube era Nintendo were still turning a profit and they've been making loads of money from day one with DS and the Wii actually making a profit on the consoles, something which initially from launch Sony and Microsoft haven't done. Furthermore the reason Sega failed was because they had just suffered a good 3-4 years of useless add-ons and the failure that was the Sega Saturn. They were already in the red and whilst the Dreamcast was initially a success for them, once the PS2 hit the scene they couldn't do anything.

Now Nintendo are in a completely different situation. For one they've not been in the red. Two they are the current market leader. Three the Wii is still flying of shelves and with the holiday season approaching in about six months and them ready to unleash Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort along with a slew of other casual titles this is gonna be another very profitable year for the Big N. Unless the casual market suddenly switches off and decides they don't want to play games anymore, Nintendo are here to stay. AND even if that does happen luckily they have enough money to be safe for a while and take a hit and reinvent themselves as a company again. If they wanted to they could easily put out a power house of a machine and pump out hardcore titles for it like the competition but they haven't and it's paid off.

Unlikely. They've got a strategy and it's working. They're rolling in it by focusing on casual gamers and it works. Even if they lose ALL the hardcore which won't happen because there's always some Nintendo diehards they've still got virtually all of this new casual market. The notion that Nintendo are getting knocked out of the console business is absurd. Also they're showing at E3 wasn't too bad.

The motion control for PS3 looked like it wasn't supposed to be out there. Microsoft showed of tech demos for their camera thing but theirs looked polished. When Nintendo unveiled motion plus last year it looked polished. Sony's looked VERY ROUGH. It seems to that after they saw yesterday's Microsoft Conference they rushed this into their presentation. The two guys doing it looked very unprepared for it as well.

Although announcing Final Fantasy XIV right after talking about FFXIII was badass. As was Metal Gear Solid: Peace Maker and Uncharted 2. Surprised about the lack of PS3 Slim announcement.

Nintendo's conference. WOW.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mario Vs Donkey Kong 3
Warioware DIY
Golden Sun DS
Kingdom Hearts
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Metroid: Other M

AND loads more to list. They delivered big style.