By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Is Nintendo's jump into mobile their new fail safe in case of a poorly selling console?

zorg1000 on 03 October 2015
DanneSandin said:
Soundwave said:
twintail said:


I dont think the mobile games are going to do anything for their brand awareness in terms of hard numbers. I think its ludicious to belive that the mobile devision will act as a 'gateway' to Nintendos own hardware and software.

Your mass market mobile gamers are not going to fork out the money to buy a piece of hardware just to pay again for the original version of a mobile game they are playing. They will remain content with the mobile game knowing they dont need to pay big bucks for an experience they dont need.

 

Ideally, mobile would help spread Nintendo IPs in a manner to attract more people to their hardware and software. But i dont see this being the case at all. 

Yeah I agree with you, people aren't magically going to fork over $200+ and $40-$60 a game just because the liked a mobile version of a game. Like how many people who play Angry Birds bought the 3DS version ... like maybe 1/100?

iOS/Google Play may not have the "real" Pokemon, but if that Pokemon Go game provides some good fun, for a lot of people that will be good enough considering it's likely free.

Nintendo knows this though. They're doing this for the money, plain and simple, saying it's a "gateway" to their hardware is a nice PR spin, but it comes to down to cold, hard dollars. If they can get some gateway users of course I'm sure they'll be happy with that, but it's not like they're going to donate the billions of dollars they could make from smartphone titles alone to charity. Of course they have thought about that. 

Mobile could very well become Nintendo's *primary* source of revenue in a few years, not some secondary stream. 

That's what I'm fearing; if the mobile market becomes TOO lucrative for Nintendo, will they continue making consoles and "real" games?

As long as dedicated gaming is still profitable for Nintendo than they will continue to be part of that market. How often do companies completely abandon markets that are profitable for them just because something else is more profitable?



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Around the Network
DanneSandin on 05 October 2015
zorg1000 said:
DanneSandin said:

That's what I'm fearing; if the mobile market becomes TOO lucrative for Nintendo, will they continue making consoles and "real" games?

As long as dedicated gaming is still profitable for Nintendo than they will continue to be part of that market. How often do companies completely abandon markets that are profitable for them just because something else is more profitable?

But as we've seen lately, Nintendo ISN'T making big money of consoles...



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

zorg1000 on 05 October 2015
DanneSandin said:
zorg1000 said:
DanneSandin said:

That's what I'm fearing; if the mobile market becomes TOO lucrative for Nintendo, will they continue making consoles and "real" games?

As long as dedicated gaming is still profitable for Nintendo than they will continue to be part of that market. How often do companies completely abandon markets that are profitable for them just because something else is more profitable?

But as we've seen lately, Nintendo ISN'T making big money of consoles...


That's different from what u asked tho, if Nintendo leaves the console market it will be because it's no longer profitable for them, not because their smartphone games make more money.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

DanneSandin on 06 October 2015
zorg1000 said:
DanneSandin said:

But as we've seen lately, Nintendo ISN'T making big money of consoles...


That's different from what u asked tho, if Nintendo leaves the console market it will be because it's no longer profitable for them, not because their smartphone games make more money.

That's... actually true :P I guess there's a fine line between the two options. But could you see how Nintendo wouldn't try as much with their consoles and games if the mobile side started making huge sums of money?



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.

archer9234 on 08 October 2015
DanneSandin said:
zorg1000 said:
DanneSandin said:

But as we've seen lately, Nintendo ISN'T making big money of consoles...


That's different from what u asked tho, if Nintendo leaves the console market it will be because it's no longer profitable for them, not because their smartphone games make more money.

That's... actually true :P I guess there's a fine line between the two options. But could you see how Nintendo wouldn't try as much with their consoles and games if the mobile side started making huge sums of money?

You have to be careful in jumping into anything that hits big. Then throwing your eggs in one basket. The Wii is a great example of that. It dried up, at some point. No matter the reason.



Around the Network
DanneSandin on 08 October 2015
archer9234 said:
DanneSandin said:

That's... actually true :P I guess there's a fine line between the two options. But could you see how Nintendo wouldn't try as much with their consoles and games if the mobile side started making huge sums of money?

You have to be careful in jumping into anything that hits big. Then throwing your eggs in one basket. The Wii is a great example of that. It dried up, at some point. No matter the reason.

And as far as we've seen, mobile gaming isn't all that stable either. I guess Nintendo is very aware of this...



I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!

Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.