too right. nintendo is held back by its tv machine hardware side. ninty really wants to keep it because it remembers the days it controlled the market and everyone had to do what they wanted so as to get access to their platform.
the cost of chasing the return of that dream has been huge. however. if the hardware doesnt come off and it only eats into its savings, it is still the best software house by far, and if it was honest they know they could have sold 5x the number of games if they had been on the playstation2. so let nintendo gamble a bit. if it fails, they can be sure that who ever is left making the hardware will be calling on nintendo with buckets of cash to secure their machine nintendos games.