Soundwave said:
They were also pretty bitterly dissapointed with the GameCube, which is part and parcel why they opted to go such a different route with the Wii. If Wii U sells in the GameCube range, Nintendo won't be very happy. The other problem is kids these days are getting handed a smart device and starting to play games on those before they even get a Nintendo portable and its disrupting the marketplace. Now they are throwing everything they can at the 3DS to keep it at a high sales level, but no doubt they are working harder in the handheld business than ever before and coming no where close to sniffing DS level sales. So this is problematic, because during the GCN days, more or less Nintendo had a 100% monopoly on anything kids played in the handheld relam, not to mention at that time, they were reaping a lot of money off Pokemon as a merchandising property (toys, TV shows, movies, etc.). That's still around to some extent but definitely not as hot as it was in the early 2000s. It was easier to cruise off that handheld and consider consoles just gravy when you are completely unchallenged in the handheld sector, that's certainly no longer the case. If anything I think smart device gaming bothers Nintendo more because it strikes at the heart of a lot of things they like to call their own -- kid friendly gaming, intuite controls, etc. Sony could never seriously challenge Nintendo in the kids market, because they don't have an answer to Mario or Pokemon (maybe in the Crash Bandicoot days I guess). |
Soundwave, first off they're losing money? What are you talking about? they made a net profit in the last two quarters including the that just got reported. It was a small one yes, only 6 million dollars, but still a profit.
Who ever said the 3DS was ever going to sell as good as the DS? Nobody except maybe the most delusional fanboys, and doesn't it have to be the DS for Nintendo to be in good shape. So stop pretending that if doesn't do DS numbers that its a failure, its selling amazing and that is the important thing.
About Pokemon, every successive game in the series has sold less than Red and Blue until it leveled off at about 10-14 million per new generation of game, not counting the remakes of the first two games. The tv series is still going to this day and they are still making movies, so trust me Pokemon is still raking the money in for them.
They never"crusied" off just handhelds, well not intentionally lol, however they had to rely on it during years 1996-2006 because they home consoles didn't sell as well as they wanted.
