More idiot "analysts"...

[Paco]

I don't see how anyone could possibly look at what Nintendo has said about the Revolution and come to the conclution "they're going for niche status". The evidence points in the opposite direction...

The controller might appeal to a certain crowd, perhaps a minority crowd, and thus achieve 'niche' status.

Also, what has been proven is that Nintendo games sell on Nintendo consoles and that's about it. Third parties just don't get the same success of Playstation or Xbox games on the Gamecube with the exception of a few, namely Sega with their Sonic titles. Nintendo fans buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo made games = niche product. That's my logic anyway.

Even worse are the people who say Nintendo is doomed to go the way of Sega... but they have no understanding of the concept of "money" or the fact that Nintendo makes quite a good amount of it. :)

If Nintendo doesn't manage to reel in a new crowd, and perhaps alienate their longtime fans with this new controller (I'm not sold yet, in case you couldn't tell), then they won't be making any money.

I think it's far too early to make a call concerning Nintendo's fate, but if the trend of the past few years is any telltale sign then these analyst speculations aren't totally unwarranted.