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ListerOfSmeg on 27 August 2013
prayformojo said:
anthony64641 said:


Many people have clamored for Nintendo to make smartphones games, but according to these numbers, it just doesn’t make sense to do that. Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, generated less revenue than Animal Crossing New Leaf, and that’s the biggest franchise on smartphones & tablets. 

Via NeoGAF:

Rovios last years revenue:
 http://www.rovio.com/en/news/press-r…ancial-results
Like I said, 150.000.000 Dollars revenue.

Animal Crossing sales in Japan: 3.608.632 (price: 4.800 Yen, that’s like 48 dollars).
http://www.famitsu.com/biz/ranking/

So, revenue is about 170.000.000 Dollars for Animal Crossing so far.

I think it’s best if Nintendo sticks to selling their IPs on their platforms.


Here's the problem (and mind you, I own and love the 3DS), the problem is that dedicated hand helds are going to die out. That's not even up for debate imo. Anyone with unbiased views can see this coming a mile away. Apple doesn't even really TRY to paint their idevices as hand held gaming platforms, and look at how well it's done. Just imagine when they DO decide to go after handhelds. There's nothing Nintendo can do at that point. If they just stick around until the boat has sunk, it's too late. Nintendo needs to do something BEFORE then imo. Their entire company depends on it because that's their bread and butter.

Sorry but "anyone with unbiased views"??? Really. Thats a very pathetic way of saying "agree with my opinion even though I have nothing to back it up or I'll dismiss you as bias.

You are acting as if every phone sold is also being used for gaming but the numbers dont back that up at all.





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Cubedramirez on 27 August 2013

Nintendo would never go mobile because there wouldn't be a uniform experience across all devices and that would diminish the quality of their games.

You keep making portables and I'll be demanding you take my money Nintendo.



NiKKoM on 27 August 2013

Since when can you compare a game against a total company.. You should compare a game vs a game

Puzzle and Dragons: ~300 million Dollar last quarter alone..


http://musically.com/2013/07/30/puzzle-dragons-developer-gungho-made-446m-in-q2/



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

warhammer777 on 27 August 2013
Lawlight said:
It's not $150M, it's €155.5M. The other thing is that Nintendo does not get 100% of that revenue from the Animal Crossing sales.


Neither does Angry Birds.



Lawlight on 27 August 2013
warhammer777 said:
Lawlight said:
It's not $150M, it's €155.5M. The other thing is that Nintendo does not get 100% of that revenue from the Animal Crossing sales.


Neither does Angry Birds.


I meant that you cannot multiply the price of the game by the number of copies and say that's the revenue that Nintendo got from AC:NL - a percentage of that goes to the retailer.



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TheLastStarFighter on 27 August 2013
prayformojo said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
prayformojo said:
Here's the problem (and mind you, I own and love the 3DS), the problem is that dedicated hand helds are going to die out. That's not even up for debate imo. Anyone with unbiased views can see this coming a mile away. Apple doesn't even really TRY to paint their idevices as hand held gaming platforms, and look at how well it's done. Just imagine when they DO decide to go after handhelds. There's nothing Nintendo can do at that point. If they just stick around until the boat has sunk, it's too late. Nintendo needs to do something BEFORE then imo. Their entire company depends on it because that's their bread and butter.


By saying it's not up for debate in your opinion, you show that it is you - not others - that is bias.

I OWN a 3DS lol. If it were up to me, dedicated hand helds would rule the roost and last forever, but the reality of it is, it's in decline while ios is taking over. We can all just plug our ears and cover our eyes and live in a nice little bubble if you want, but change happens.

What I DON'T want to see is Nintendo die off. There's going to come a time when they have to embrace this change, and I hope they do.

I wasn't saying that you don't love 3DS or that your opinion is wrong, I was simply stating that you are saying unbiased people can see what is happening but that your opinion isn't up for debate.  When your opinion isn't up for debate, you are bias, and you might want to take a step back and think about your opinion.

Personally, I think the handheld market is absolutely in decline at the moment.  Most of the decline, however, is on the Sony side which you could debate isn't a "dedicated" gaming device.  I bought a PSP years ago, but it was before I had a smart phone and because I wanted a music player and something to watch movies on as well as play some games.  That role is now filled by my phone, so that "expanded" handheld market is gone.  For those who enjoy true dedicated, cheap handheld gaming devices, the market is still strong and is dominated by DS and now 3DS.  The lack of traction for second-gen Brain Age and Nintendogs type game means to me that the market has shrunk a bit for now, but could easily grow again if the next craze comes along.

I don't see the end of dedicated gaming machines any times soon, be they at home or handeld.  There have been multi-purpose machines that play games (PC's) for a long time but they have always failed to do much damage to the dedicated gaming market.  People like machines that are cheap and designed mainly to play games.  This is true in the handheld market as well.  I would give my kid a 3DS long before I would give them a smartphone or tablet.  Especially when the games are better.  There is a niche there.

If technology reaches a plateau some time then the market for dedicated game machines may become suspect.  But that would be for home consoles as well as handhelds, and I think we are at least a decade or two away from that, if ever.