Motley Fool/Jefferies analyst call Nintendo a "Buy" because soon they will go iOS

[Osc89]

Gnac said:

Osc89 said:

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.

There is a legal method, and they control it. The suggested alternatives take control away from them, and hey, why not just do it anyway because people already pirate the shit out of that stuff!

Do you not think this has already been discussed to death, both inside and out of Nintendo's boardroom? It's a terrible idea which has only "what ifs" and uncited claims to support it, and it doesn't look like happening. I don't know why analysts and pundits feel themselves qualified to decide their strategy.

If it was a terrible idea it wouldn't be so heavily discussed. There is plenty of merit to it, and it is already being implemented by Sony with Gaikai. There are plenty of pros and cons, and to think that Nintendo don't have a variety of iOS strategies considered and in discussion is very naive.

Are there any other strategies you think Nintendo would be better off taking? I was just trying to adapt the suggestions of these analysts to something that would actually drive people towards Nintendo consoles rather than compete against themselves. I think it is a far better idea than having Nintendo develop new games for iOS.