Nintendo Seen Missing Target as Sony-Microsoft Dwarf Wii U - Bloomberg.

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Soundwave said:

dreamcast210 said:

That's true, but I think Nintendo has to consider putting their franchises on tablets and phones. Their software is what people want and they will buy it if it's available.

Do $1 phone games really even make that much money? Show me how many iOS/Android games sell well at even $10-$20. 

Nintendo sells 6-10 million copies of their Mario/Mario Kart/etc. IP on the 3DS at probably a good $15 profit per unit. 

For them to match that on smartphone they'd have to sell 90-150 million downloads as a $1 iOS deal. It just doesn't make sense. 

Some companies make absurd amounts of money on the mobile/tablet market while most make next to nothing, there isn't a lot between. Low debut prices, massive competition, unbalanced weighting systems and ridiculous royalty fees for putting up content is choking most of the dollar from most developers. They get by, but not much more.