How should Nintendo use the money? What could be the next step?

[DirtyP2002]

irstupid said:

DirtyP2002 said:

Hey guys,

We all know, Nintendo is printing money at the moment. The Wii and the DS are unbelievable money-makers. So I am asking, what could be Nintendos next step. Last Generation, they couldn't afford to create a powerful console like The Xbox 360 or the PS3, so they took a huge risk and won with a completely new console.

Now, Nintendo would be able to create a powerful machine for the next generation, but should they? Don't get me wrong, I am NOT saying, the Wii should be replaced soon! I am asking how the next generation of nintendo should look like in 3-4 years from now.

What should they do with the DS? The DS is selling like hot cakes in North American and Europe, but not that great anymore in Japan. A new Nintendo handheld would be good for japan at the end of 2009 e.g., but it would choke off the demand in Europe and the US, where they could keep on milking the cow for some time.

Furthermore the software sales for the DS are awesome as well. Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs, Super Mario DS and Brain Training are still selling like 70k units each every single week. The latest of those games has been released 115 weeks ago, all of them crossed the 11 million mark. A new handheld would need these IPs, but with a new Version on the market, the sales would decrease significantly.

So do you agree with my arguments? What would you suggest Nintendo to do?

 

/ discuss

1.  WRONG - they made money the whole time on gamecube, and their games sell like crazy as well.  So they could have made it like ps3 and 360 if they wanted.  Plus they have their handheld market making them a shit ton of cash as well.  Nintendo is never in need of money.   Of course now they have an insane amount coming in compared to before. 

2.  Yes it may not be selling as huge in Japan anymore.  But still quite fairly well.  higher than any console is selling every week, you can't say is bad.  Plus the whole fact how saturated it is over there.  isnt' it something like 1 in 5 people have one.   And plus doesn't a company make most of its money on software.  And the DS is a beast everywhere in software. 

1. I read something different. Nintendo couldn't afford a hell of a console. The Gamecube made a profit, but still they were not able to win an arms race against Sony or Microsoft

2. No, PSP sells more than DS these days. And I wrote in late 2009 as a date for a new DS. The sales will be lower at that point.