Yup yup yup on the online sentiment. They also need to market their games better. MK8 is supposed to be the change in that, but basically they need to make people excited and make them want their games. I think the Smash direct helped with Smash and that clearly has a stellar online mode in comparison to the last game. All we can do is wait and see what happens.

Could not agree more man. The online is where they are seriously lacking. I thought they would have come out the gate at the start of this gen but they kind of fell short. I

I can not wait till nintendo e3!! All of the e3s will be epic!! Just put this out here because Im late to the party of really seeing Nintendo's vision and can't wait to jump on board with mario kart 8

Implying that other video game companies lack FUN games? That's very subjective. Out of the 3 companies, Nintendo relies the most on the nostalgia factor and some people are just burnt out, while PlayStation and even Xbox try new things, keeping it fresh, which is why they appeal and sell to a lot of people.
They say when people are in love with something, they see past its flaws and find more flaws in others. It's a fact of life.

Btw, arcade games are cheap, with a higher difficulty to force the player to restart (or insert more coins).
Saying that Nintendo games just focus on "fun" is another way of saying that their games lack any further depth.
I know that's not true for many of their games, so what you said was dumb. Zelda and Metroid aren't "arcade fun". One of those games was F Zero, but Nintendo has abandoned it along with Star Fox.

And you still don't see why people ignore the Wii U? It's not just the price or the controller, it's the games themselves. Aside from Xbox and PlayStation exclusives, most of the new third-party titles are coming to those 2 consoles and not Wii U.
And sure the online is free, but like you said yourself, it's really behind the times and Nintendo refuses to update. Why are they keeping FRIENDS from chatting with each other on MK8? Of course it better be free.

Just because the Wii U lacks the features that the other two have, doesn't make them any less of a gaming console. That's nonsense. You don't need to use those other features, you can use the PS4, for example, strictly as a pure gaming machine.

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm