Should Nintendo conform and do things like the competitors?

With conforming I mean that they should go the route Sony and MS are taking, i.e. making technologically advanced consoles and games that appeal to an older audience instead of being more unique. I personally like them for the fact that they don't try to follow the gaming trends and go their own way even if that turns off some gamers. I wouldn't really like them to make a generic console that would be on-par with the competition in terms of tech and make generic FPS, RPG and racing games as found on the competing consoles. After all, consoles should imo offer a unique experience, not try to be like gimped PCs.

It is always good to have wild cards, in any entertainment industry.

Both times they did that (N64/GCN) were failures compared to the compition. While the NES, SNES, and Wii have done extraordinarily well

no we dont need 3 systems that play the same

Both times they did that (N64/GCN) were failures compared to the compition. While the NES, SNES, and Wii have done extraordinarily well

LaytonsCat

Except the N64 and CG also had a lot different games than the competition did.

If Nintendo didn't innovate they would most likely just get crushed.