Soundwave on 18 February 2014
| HylianSwordsman said: I don't know why everyone asks Nintendo to do this, and not anyone else. Like really, let's assume, for a second, that Nintendo could benefit from this. If that were the case, wouldn't Sony and Microsoft benefit even MORE from it? So why does no one ask THEM to go mobile? Where the idea came from is a good question, because it truly baffles me. It makes no sense, and it's hard to imagine what train of thought got people to decide that NINTENDO SPECIFICALLY should be the ones to go into smartphone gaming. Like, really? You think Nintendo, who don't make smart phones or have any expertise in the market, should do it, but not Microsoft and Sony, who BOTH make smartphones and would have a much better chance, and could stand to make a hell of a lot more money than Nintendo could? It makes no sense to ask Nintendo to do this, but it makes even LESS sense to ask ONLY Nintendo to do it. |
For whatever reason handheld games ... even mobile iOS/Android platforms ... are dominated by cartoony games that generally are easy to pick up and play.
Things like Real Racing, Infinity Blade, etc. do OK on mobile, but no where close to big guns like Candy Crush or Angry Birds. So no, Halo or Gran Turismo on mobile probably wouldn't be as big of a hit as say Mario Kart or Animal Crossing or Pokemon iOS (for example).
Nintendo's aesthetic and design philosophy do match up with mobile in some ways. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but I think Nintendo would fare far better in that space if forced than Sony or MS would.
