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These guys can own the App Store if they just suck it up and start offering their old titles on iOS. Unfortunately Japan's corporate culture doesn't take well to being a purely software company.

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Isn't Sega a Japanese company that dropped their consoles and went software-only? They're still in business and doing well. If you've been to Japan and have seen or played Border Break (an arcade-only game), you know they've still got it. They also still make Sonic games.

There's no reason that Nintendo couldn't follow suit. Pride is probably the biggest obstacle preventing that from happening, but if/when things get bad enough, they'll make the switch.

None of the recent Sonic games have been anywhere near the standard that they used to be. Sega, to me, are a sad example of a company that used to make great games consoles & games and are now resigned to manufacturing mediocre games. I would be gutted if Nintendo went the same way.

I'm not saying the Sonic games are great, but that it's proof that Nintendo could still keep their brand characters (Mario and friends, Link, Samus, etc) without a console.

Proof that Sega still knows how to make great games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd1tuZs55Ko&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7sb_qlP8Gs

That's true - I would pay $2-3 for some old NES titles like Techmo Bowl.

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