When I think of Nintendo, I think of their past history, but more importantly, I think of their video games and their consoles and their handhelds. When I think of Sony, I think, wow, those guys do everything with electronics and entertainment and make a lot of money doing it. When I think of Microsoft, I think, damn, they have a lot of money with their PC software and OS systems.

Remember Sega, what else did they do other than make video games and consoles? What does Sega the corporation stand for now? I often think Nintendo was a lot like Sega, but unlike Sega, Nintendo made wise choices and continued to develop hardware to play their popular first party games. Without Nintendo's characters, Nintendo would be an unheard of company today.

I'm sure Sony and Microsoft don't just throw money from their other ventures into gaming consoles and the like, but maybe they do. I don' know. But isn't Nintendo the last of its kind? If Nintendo lost its console and handheld businesses, they couldn't fall back on other aspects of their business except for the software side. If that were to happen, Nintendo would be a shell of its former self much like Sega is now.

Isn't Nintendo still the underdog? How they compete and stay competitive with Microsoft and Sony is by cutting costs and making a profit as soon as possible on hardware. They don't have the backing of Sony and Microsoft and they probably never will. Nintendo is to me the small fish in the big pond. I like rooting for the underdog. You go Nintendo, I'm buying. I'm not going to buy your handhelds though, not my cup of tea.