Play4Fun said:
2. I don't know what this means. Their console lifespans usually are the same as other consoles. That's a place they always know they'll be in. Iwata himself said they count on their IPs to counter the unpredictability of how their hardware will be recieved by the market. They know they take risks with hardware, that's why they always make sure they have strong cash reserves. 3. Nintendo have a number of must have IPs in their portfolio and they're very capable of creating must have IPs,probably more than anyone else in this industry, as they showed in the last decade with Nintendogs, Brain Training, WiiSports, WiiFit. And, no I'm not missing any point, this thread is mainly about Nintendo as are the posts from other threads that prompted you to make this one. |
1. What you wrote there explains why there is now a clear lack of internally developed new IP that is must have. Nintendo is recycling their old IP over and over again, and not doing no. It is 2D/3D Mario, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., Zelda, and maybe Metroid. There is also Donkey Kong Country. But where is the new IP? Where is the big new must have property Nintendo is coming out with? That is the issue I am talking about here. It just isn't there. It isn't like there isn't new IP being produced. There is Angry Birds, and also Minecraft. And there are others. They are NOT coming from Nintendo. Nintendo is going outside their company to get new IP done, with the likes of the Wonderful 101.
2. On console lifespan, look at the Wii. Because it is weak tech, it ended up having shorter life than the 360 or PS3. Companies never really got around to doing much third-party on it either, outside of primarily shovelware. The Wii U is in a similar boat. Because it doesn't match the ONE or PS4 in power, companies are only doing Wii U stuff with development on the 360 and PS3.
3. THIS generation isn't showing any. The Wii had a new, accessible interface, and got some. But new stuff? Where is it? What is the big new IP on the 3DS and Wii U that is new and must have, that is doing really, really well. Nintendo isn't putting it out. Let's Dance isn't their property at all, and is on other platforms.
Also note here, let's say you can read what I wrote as it NOT being a slam of Nintendo, but something else. What you read it as is this: Where the new IP is coming from is NOT the console makers. It is coming from small studios and Indie stuff. It is on smart devices. That is where the new stuff is popping up, NOT consoles. This is bigger than just Nintendo. Things have changed.