The digital era will boost Nintendo's HW & SW performance more than Sony and Microsoft

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happydolphin said:

Hi everyone. Well, we're all familiar with the situation at retailers, where many games on a Nintendo platform are not held on shelves, and where PS and xbox hog most of the retail space. There may be cases where that's not true, but it's rather the exception.

My guess is that the digital era will have a positive effect on Nintendo's business. Since Nintendo for the longest time has struggled to find popularity with retailers, I believe that cutting the middle-man will give them an edge.

However, for the retailers that will remain alive and that will carry gaming hardware, I believe it will be more the likes of Toys R Us and kids outlets which favored Nintendo, rather than dedicated gaming outlets like Gamestop which favor the competition.

What do you think?

 

I seriously disagree.

Nintendo is the console the most tied up to kids and the console that see the most seasonnal variations during the holydays.

Kids don't have the financial means to take advantage of digital downloads ( no credit card) and most people still want a physical gift for chrismas that they can hand out, not some digital stuff..

 

PS : And you can't seriously argue WiiU will rule the digital era when you can't even store 2 games on the console internal storage... if you want to be competitive in the digital era, the least is to at least provide storage for digital purchases...