To post above: "3DS stinks" That`s what i call being neutral! :D
All this demise warnings aren`t really surprising - and with some sense aswell. When PS3 came out and "failed" to repeat PS2`s success everyone called it dead. It`s not so much that it didn`t well at it`s beginning, it failed to repeat PS2`s success by a long shot. The same is happening, so far, with 3DS. Yes it`s selling better, but considering it`s the successor to a 140+ platform, it seems that it won`t enjoy the same success.
And it`s here that things get complicated.
Investors and companies don`t seem to realize that there are things you just can`t replicate. It`s like a band that has an album that will make every album pale in comparison to it.
Seeing how strong will this season be for 3DS (probably one of the best of it`s life), investors and companies seem to be blind to this. Mario Kart DS sold millions and millions and millions and still sells well and for some reason no one cares that a new Mario Kart is coming and that it might sell millions and millions again?
Super Mario 3DLand might not be the sequel to New Super Mario Bros, but honestly, if people don`t put some faith on Mario kart 7, a sequel to NSMB probably won`t change that. SM3D Land will surely sell very well. From what i see it mixes some of the best of 2D and 3D without seeming "hard" to play.
So, should Nintendo make games for smartphones - a market that soon enough will become a red ocean of applications and 0.99 games? Nintendo succeeded by making it`s own blue ocean. Instead of trying to make Nintendo go another route, why not support or request Nintendo to follow it`s own route?
Nintendo might just make more money that way than with a few bucks games.
More, why should Nintendo follow Apple`s route when it has a huge library of games for NES, SNES, GB/GBA/GBC, N64 and GC games it could sell for cheap and even develop partnerships with 3rd parties to create business oportunitties, like for example: "buy Nintendo game, get discount or one free game of 3rd parties"
I think it`s time Nintendo really do something will it`s virtual console and Wii/DSiware games and really do use it for something meaningful. Do TV commercials so people could learn they can get these awesome games for cheap too!
