More idiot "analysts"...

[Paco]

You're ignoring the fact that Nintendo is publishing market-expanding titles as well, though. Do you really think that the main market for Brain Training and Nintendogs is longtime Nintendo fans? Of course not. They're trying to both please their base (which I'm sure they will do, and will make them a decent amount of money) and expand the market, which is less certain but I'm hopeful. Even if they aren't as successful at that as they wish, though (not something I'm going to conceed yet, certainly), though, there is no way they will lose money. Between GBA, DS, the next Gameboy, and the fact that all they'd have to do to make money is do worse than they did this generation (and that would be hard to do), that's just not going to happen.

And anyway, remember how Nintendo has said that they'd never publish games for other platforms? They're stubborn, I believe them... they wouldn't do that.

If they lose market share then their profits will be less than they were years previous, and to me that's the same as losing money.

The DS is still very new and I'm still not entirely convinced it's a mainstay product for years to come. It has a respectable base at the moment, and is doing especially well in Japan, but I'm curious to see how long it sticks around. What will the introduction of the new Gameboy do to it? I hope it does well as I'm enjoying it quite a bit, but I wish there were more games available for it and ones that took advantage of the touch screen.

The Revolution is just entirely unproven at this point. I'm not prepared to speculate on it. There is a chance it might not appeal to the new crowd Nintendo wants and old time Nintendo fans might not be able to sustain it. Virtual Boy anyone? When the next Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Animal Crossing are shown, and we're given some insight as to how they'll interact with the controller, I'll be better prepared to give my take on it. Until then...

I remember Nintendo saying they'd never make games for other platforms, and that's why I wish them much success. I'd miss games like Animal Crossing, Metroid, and Mario quite a bit.

How about the trend of the current year, with the massive success of the DS and the continued spectacular preformance of the GBA? :)

I kind of addressed this above. It's a relatively new situation and I hope it marks a turning point for Nintendo. I want to see how much staying power these new innovations have, to see if the public really buys in to them.