Nintendo needs to be the Disney AND the Apple of video games.

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spemanig said:

Jumpin said:
I don't think buying Capcom would be a very good idea either. Why spend billions when you can spend a few million on purchasing and developing studios instead? Nintendo buying Monolithsoft last generation was a great move, for example. Then there was also retro studios, 1-up studios. They should do much more of that.

I'm not saying they shouldn't. I specifically said that they should, buy they should buy Capcom first, because what Nintendo is really missing is relevant IPs, and purchasing talent alone won't bring that. Purchasing relevant IPs will.

I wasn't making a prediction above, how can you cite Nintendo as needing to be like Disney and Apple when they simply don't have that level of management? It's not a prediction, it's reality, Nintendo can't be like Disney because they don't have the competent management to get it done, period. They are a small, even smaller-minded Japanese game company that happens to have a few really great game studios, but are mediocre at marketing anything, mediocre at keeping up with industry trends, etc. etc. 

Good game developer, awful management, that's the here and now of it, not tomorrow. 

Nintendo already has virtual exclusivity on the major Capcom franchise they need -- Monster Hunter. 

The longer they ignore any real Western collaboration (not just having a few studios work on their own franchises), the further removed from the gaming mainstream Nintendo will become because the Western developer is now the dominant force in the industry. 

Sinking billions into a company like Capcom would be an investment they'd likely never ever sniff a profit on, the people who have a PS4/X1 and refuse to buy a Nintendo console would simply just stop playing the Resident Evil and Street Fighter series, neither of which is a "spring chicken" franchise. 

It'd be 100x smarter to buy the rights to the available James Bond franchise. That's an IP that's cooler than any game character created, has a history with Nintendo, and would cost not even 1/1000th of what it would cost to overpay for a few Capcom IP. It's also a character property that's more relevant in North America, Europe, and well known everywhere else in world if you give it to a very talented studio (ahem, Retro Studios) and you could put Daniel Craig in TV commercials to bring some badly needly class/"cool" to a brand that needs it worse than a desert needs rain.