"Nintendo has had plenty of highs over its few decades in the video game industry. Popularizing home consoles with the NES, introducing new audiences to games through the Wii's motion controls, and the touchscreen Trojan horse that was the Nintendo DS, to name a few. But often these successes were followed by missteps; the Wii sold 100 million units, while its follow-up, the Wii U, couldn't even manage a quarter of that."
"One of the key factors behind the Switch's success was how it represented a more unified version of Nintendo. In 2013, the company merged its two main game development divisions, which had previously been split into home console and handheld groups. Given how the Switch straddled the line between console and handheld, this made a lot of sense. But it also allowed Nintendo to put the full might of its creative resources behind a single platform. The result was a string of"
Nintendo experienced major highs and missteps across decades, with the NES popularizing home consoles, the Wii bringing motion controls to new audiences, and the DS expanding players via a touchscreen. The Wii sold 100 million units while its follow-up, the Wii U, managed under a quarter of that. The Switch has become Nintendo's best-selling console, reaching 155 million units since 2017. In 2013 Nintendo merged its home and handheld development divisions, enabling unified creative resources to support the hybrid Switch. That consolidation and platform focus helped transform Nintendo into a company more insulated from industry volatility.
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