The article made a number of good points. The Gamecube is one of my favorite systems, and the only system I've got that I have more games for is my Master System. However, the majority of those games are franchise games from either Nintendo, Sega, or Capcom.

*I'd* probably say, though, that part of the problem is that Sony came along and marketed video games to the kids that used to beat me up for liking video games. Being popular has hurt gaming about as much as it's helped, and seeing some of the stuff Spike TV does to appeal to gamers makes me ask if anything's sacred anymore.

Or, to put it another way without my old person ramblings, Nintendo caters very well to a niche. And 10 years ago when Nintendo was really big, the entire video game industry was a niche.