| Soundwave said: Disney and Apple's management is far smarter and more adaptive than Nintendo's aging Japanese group of higher ups. Nintendo has no chance of being a Disney with its existing leadership. They don't know much about the Western market (even Iwata admits this is not his strong suit) which is 90% of the game business now. Also Nintendo did not bother to aquire/expand studios when they were swimming in money from the Wii/DS ... don't count on that suddenly happening now when they are losing money. Nintendo is not spending $3+ billion dollars on aquistions just so you can play Megaman 12 only on the 3DS or something. |
This is not a prediction thread. Stop replying as if it is. Nintendo is still swimming in money from the Wii/DS. And if you seriously think that all that would come out of an aquisition of Capcom is "Mega Man 12 only on the 3DS," I can see why you don't run a major gaming company. And why none of your "suggestions" follow any real logic.
DanneSandin said:
It wouldn't work because consoles aren't phones; every new console has a new operating system, new specs, new games. Everything is new! That's the problem. New HW means new games - and just take a look at PS4/X1; they don't have backwards compatability. How many people would buy a new console if they knew that a better version would be released just one or two years from now? A lot of people would hold off buying. The only upgrades a HW maker can do is making a slim version or adding HD memories; like X360 and PS3 did the last gen. But releasing new HW every second year just wouldn't work. People would lose faith in the company - just look at Sega. And opening a retail chain would cost a shit load! You need to buy/rent property, you need to hire and pay staff, and you have to make enough from those retail stores to offset all those costs, and very few companies sell that much/has that kind of demands that they can pull that off. |
Consoles don't have to be phones for it to work. Who says that every new console has to have a new operating system, new specs, new games? Who made that law? Someone can use an ipad as a gaming console. What's the difference if a console uses the same upgrade mentality?
How many people would buy a new console if they knew that a better version would be released just one or two years from now? The same amount that buy an ipad or a macbook knowing that a new one will be released in a year or two. If you build your hardware the way I layed out in the post, it won't be a problem. Sega's never done what I'm talking about, so I see no reason to bring them up.
As for the retail chain, Nintendo would make enough to offset the cost. Not initially, but eventually. That's what an investment is.
