Nintendo’s decline over the last decade or so has already been widely discussed and reported on, so I won’t go into too much detail, but the gist of it is that the company simply hasn’t been able to adapt to the modern gaming market. While companies like Microsoft, Sony, and Valve were completely changing the way we play video games, Nintendo was just rehashing the things that had worked for it in the past, rather than evolving. This is especially apparent in how Nintendo has approached digital distribution and online services. Fortunately, it looks like the company has finally started to understand what modern gamers want, and for evidence of this, you need look no further than the Nintendo Account, a new type of account that will may finally be able to match the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
