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Barkley said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The only reason Nintendo puts their IP's on phones is entice them to buy a console.

That's just not true lol. People who are console gamers like to think that a mobile games only reason for existence is to promote the part of gaming that they actually care about, but it isn't the case.

Pokemon Go made over $2.5 Billion in revenue. If after that Nintendo's motivation for mobile games is just selling their consoles they're blind. They create mobile games to make money. It can have a positive affect on their console business, but if it didn't sell consoles Nintendo would still be releasing games on mobile.

Pokemon Go made as much money as selling 42m copies of a $60 game, no doubt on a lower budget.

You're right and I agree with this logic. Im just saying Reggie's point earlier on about getting gamers to graduate from the taste test is the point. Why do you think the Pokemon games play so similar to the cellphone games? :)