| GranTurismo said: If Nintendo has all this hard cash around then why don't they spend it and get good third parties under the Nintendo Name. Do they not care that Sony and Microsoft have all the big third party games. Do they not care that their system cannot match what the PS3/360 bring to the table. Do they not care about their fans and want to bring big games to the wii. |
nintendo has $7 bln stacked away in CASH (or equivalents, i.e. short term investments and securities).
nintendo is conservative in expansion because gaming is their only source of revenue, and the business is kind of cyclical, but they are way way, way, way too conservative with expansion. a minor acquisition like monolith is like i don't know, $100 mln max?
that being said, no way do i want to see they spend money the way microsoft is. what microsoft is doing is a sure way to lose money, though it surely does bring in more revenue. sony's approach seem more financially responsible, but a strategy like loss-leading is not something nintendo can stomach.
nintendo's approach is... safe. what i would like to see nintendo do is to continue buying small developers (more monoliths) and let those developers develop traditional games (RPG, shooters, platformers, etc) and free up internal development teams to develop more creative, innovative, new titles, which require a special type of know-how, and would also demand more control.
more dramatic actions would be interesting... though apparently $7 bln is isn't enough for nintendo to consider acting on it.
the Wii is an epidemic.
