Iwata Embraces Smartphones And Other Non-Dedicated Gaming Devices

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DevilRising said:

Osc89 said:

DevilRising said:

Never going to happen. Never should happen.

I disagree. Read through what he says, what do you think he means by use smartphones to drive sales of dedicated gaming systems?

I think he means exactly what he said, that they are using things like Twitter and FB, etc., to help promote their consoles. I do not think that Nintendo ever intends to put a VC service on cell phones. Why would they do that, when it would just undercut one of the draws to their own hardware?

For instance, we already made it possible to browse Wii U’s networking service called Miiverse on smart devices. Starting with this attempt, we are discussing among us how we can expand the use of smart devices to help drive the business of dedicated gaming systems.

"Starting with" means they are planning to do more in the future. They already doing Twitter and Facebook so he doesn't mean that.

How many people would not have bought a Wii/Wii U/3DS if it didn't have the Virtual Console? Take that number and compare it to the 1.5 billion smartphone owners that Nintendo could use the VC to advertise to.