Yes, he has part of the blame. The drones can attack me all they want.

Basically this. Nintendo hates what Western games represent now, and has for a while. Coupled that with the fact that Nintendo and Japan in general don't try to look for inspiration or guidance from other cultures because of the Japanese culture xenophobia, close minded pride/honor, and patriotism bull. Whatever though, hope they wake up before they bleed any more money. MS/Sony always try to adjust their approach/vision depending of market perception and reception.

QFT, my exact sentiments.

Whatever Iwata said was just Nintendo being stubborn and prideful like I stated. Bottom line PS4/Xbone are a success with third party and culture for games/gamers. Nintendo WIIU has been a failure with no momentum, no third party support, it's all about insularity with them. Nintendo hasn't tried to be like the competition because they don't want to, it's not that they can't finance it or figure out how it all works out. So I take Mr. Iwata's statements with a grain of salt. Nintendo could have a strong home console that directly competes with Sony/MS as far as technology. They could have good relationship with third parties, while also releasing all the strong Nintendo exclusives. We know it can be done because MS/Sony have already achieved those goals. Nintendo is afraid of failure plus also they don't give a shit about third parties. To Nintendo it's all about them and everyone else has to work around them. Is that not stubbornness?

Show me something I can trust. They presented that 3ds metroid like garbage even if it ends up being a good game.

Sound points. We can still hope no? They also have Billions to spend and no other sector to spend it on. So they can definitely compete and catch up if they actually wanted to.

Great times to be gamers guys and gals. Imagine that grapghic quality with realistic game animations. Gaming is the entertainment medium of the future. We just need decent stories now lol.

Here are most of Gamecube exclusives if you want to give them a look later:

Resident Evil Remake, Resident Evil Zero, Wave Race Blue Storm, Eternal Darkness, Star Wars rogue Squadron 2, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3, StarFox Adventure, Starfox Assault, Pikmin, Pikim 2, Zelda Wind Waker, Zelda Four Swords, Mario Kart Double Dash, F-Zero GX, Luigi's Mansion, Kirby Air-Ride, Donkey Kong Jungle, Smash Bros Melee, Mario Sunshine, Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Power Tennis, Battalionwars, Costume Robo, Chibi Robo, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon Gale Of Darkness, Wario World, MGS Twin Snakes, Tales Of Symphonia, Fire Emblem Path Of Radiance, Baten Kaitos, Baten Kaitos 2, Soul Calibur 2 (Link edition), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Geist, Lost Kingdoms, Lost Kingdoms 2, Metroid Prime, Metriod Prime 2, 1080 Avalanche, Phantasy Online 3: Card, Zatch Bell, Naruto Revolution Series, Odama.

I'm missing third party multiplats, multiplats that came to the cube first (RE4, Beautiful Joe) , and also exclusive re-releases from other platforms(Skies Of Arcadia, Phantasy Star Online 1+2, Sonic Adventure 1+2).

@Lucianu: those are some good games. But the gamecube is still the better system with more games.

@charizard1605: Charizard hit the nail in the head with his first comment. Nintendo needs to make sure they help third martes be successful in their platforms. Nintendo needs to go out of their old ways and help promote third party games at all fronts. Third parties need to also have a big presence in Nintendo ' s online store. When Nintendo conducts public events they need to invite third party partner and give the appropriate air time, instead of circle jerking talking of how amazing they are.

If nintendo can manage to reintroduce proper third party support and on top of that release competing hardware with powerhouse Nintendo exclusives they would dominate the market. But nintendo seems to care more about pride and legacy than money.