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Kasz216 on 13 July 2012
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Aielyn said:
Kasz216 said:
Which are heavily tied around there games...

If Pokemon games don't sell, it's merchandise and TV show surely won't.

 

As for Arcades... they're dieing.  Ask the aforementioned Sega and Namco.

There are far fewer then there used to be, and many of them are alright with keeping decade old machines.

Honestly, does Nintendo even make Arcade games anymore?  I mean, i remember seeing a pretty recent "Mario Kart" arcade game however I believe it was liscensed  and produced by Namco.  I played Blinky if I remember correctly.

I mean, I'd imagine the majority of their revenue arcade wise is from their arcade hardware, which they base off their home consoles... most recent i know of being the Triforce... in conjunction with Namco and Sega, pretty much the last dogs in the arcade industry.

And what happens when many of Nintendo's IPs start showing up in arcades? Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, and Pokemon are the only ones there, now. What happens when you start to see 2D Mario games in arcades? I'm fairly sure that they'd be safe for a couple of years, at least, following which they would likely continue to adapt, and possibly even introduce something that makes arcades popular again (or not - it's kind of hard to tell).

And no, the Pokemon TV series is strong - so strong, in fact, that for Pokemon Yellow they had to change the designs of quite a few pokemon to match the designs of the TV series. The Pokemon TV series is particularly big in Japan. And the merchandise probably continues to do quite well in the absence of the games for a few years, at least.

Anyway, my point was just that Nintendo is pretty resilient, they would survive even if their console/handheld gaming business crashed.

Here's the thing.  Arcades are dieing, and your WAY overestimating Pokemon.

As an example.... Using the 2009 Financial Report, since I'm getting errors from 2010 and 2011....

The "Non Electronic Division" pulled in 3.2 Billion yen.  Which is 33 million dollars.