Gnac said:
Osc89 said:
Given the popularity of emulators, I'm not sure this synergy is important. It's not like the Virtual Console games are sticking to the same hardware anyway. They would have all control over their content as they can pull the games whenever they want, it's not like they lose their rights to anything. As for resources, the emulators exist already.
They aren't making money off these old games really anyway, but given the millions of downloads of their ROMs there is clearly a market there. Sticking to what they "already do" is losing them money right now. While they will almost certainly turn things around sticking to the same old strategy, why not branch out and look at new opportunities? I don't think it should be judged so harshly as a strategy. The Wii U isn't "devalued" as the value is not in exclusivity to old games, it's in the new games otherwise why pick a Wii U over the previous consoles? Also they aren't whoring themselves out by letting people use Miiverse on other platforms are they?
As for the corellation between a user of these games anticipating a further installment on a different system, this is exactly how console makers get people to switch generations. You love Zelda on the Wii? You are interested in getting a Wii U when Zelda comes out. You love Zelda on iOS? The newest ones are always exclusive to the current Nintendo consoles, so you are interested in them. How is it different? As soon as your last console is dead, why not turn every iOS device into your last console?
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If Nintendo delivers the content, they get more control. With their current setup, there is no need to pay dues to a third-party storefront for the priviledge of reaching a nebulous consumer base who may or may not care.
Miiverse is a free social networking platform, not a retail product, therefore not certifiably whoreable™, and your references to emulation and piracy are not only irrelevant, but also contradict your own arguments as to the benefits of reaching into new territories.
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How is emulation and piracy irrelevant? There are millions of people who have downloaded old Nintendo games. You don't think a legal alternative would capture a portion of this market? There has been a significant decrease in music, TV show and film piracy which has been attributed to the rise of Spotify and Netflix. They could do the same for their games.
And they are just the people who care enough to go to the trouble of jailbreaking / researching emulators / finding ROMs. Given that this doesn't account for every iOS device owner, I don't see how I contradict myself.
