Wii U App Store: How Nintendo will take Apple on at their own game

[oniyide]

happydolphin said:

oniyide said:

Im sorry, but i dont see the mitigation. I dont think adding an eshop to thier Wii U and 3DS is mitigating, its just common sense and a natural step forward in video game tech. SONY and MS did that years ago but nobody said they were mitigating then.  If the smartphone games were not as popular as they were dont you think that NInty would still make an eShop type deal for their future hardware?? I think yes, they would have too to combat PSN/LIVE. Hell they already had something like it in place with WiiWare.

By that quote, I wasn't hinting at the e-shop. I was hinting at this:

Though the e-shop is a direct competitor to the Apple App store, that I hope you agree, be it by circumstance, mitigation or not.

IMHO i think that Ninty knows it might not be able to get away with charging 3--40 dollars for games like cooking mama and Brain Training, when the smartphones and even Sony and MS's own online stores carry games like it for cheaper. People will wise up and the only thing Ninty can and should do is just follow MS' lead when it comes to online.

Of course you're right, and that's due to the App Store phenomenon, where games can now be bought en masse at 0-1$. That's why Iwata said:

"The important thing for us is to make these proposals by taking advantage of our position of being able to make unique offers based upon the integration of both hardware and software as we are making both."

Hence the premium.

That's why I'm saying all this matters, Nintendo knows it, and so should we.

I dont agree, because the Wii U is a very different device than an Iphone, Ipad. Its a home console first and everything else second. So I dont see how those two Apple products are competing with home consoles, it makes no sense. They cater to different needs.

As long as ninty could make a shop that offers something at least similar to what Apple does they should be fine in that regard, PSN/Live have been doing alright, dont see why Ninty cant get their head out of their asses in that regard