Iwata says “Video game platforms will remain our core focus” and gives vague quality of life info

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

Mr Khan said:

kitler53 said:
we'll see. any business's core focus is profitability. of the QoL project turns out highly profitable and videos not things will change. no different that sony taking it's first steps out the the tv business right now.

It's one thing to suggest that Nintendo cannot make the Wii U profitable, but to suggest that they cannot be profitable in gaming going forward...

It's not like it's hard. Just focus on low-cost hardware next time and that gives you breathing room to sort the rest out.

think of my PoV like this.   the point of the wii was to break down those barriers that kept those predisposed to not want to play video games to enjoy nintendo's products.   what better way to destroy that barrier than to release a product that is not on a video game system.

wiifit was massively successful.  it very well could have been even bigger if it didn't demand a $250 console.  so let's just suppose for a second that nintendo releases their first QoL product and it goes on to make billions in profit just like wiifit did.  where do you think nintendo will invest?   the wildly successful business venture or the midly successful business venture?

it's not like things will change over the course of a day or even a year.   ..but video games are a bit of a dead end for nintendo right now.  nintendo can't seem to court 3rd parties and consumers won't buy nintendo's consoles (in large quantities) without them.  if they can find success and growth elsewhere the dynamics of being a publicly traded corporation pretty much demands they change their focus and priorities.

 

obviously this  is quite dependant on their QoL products being sucessful but i personally think they have a good shot at it.  it seems like a market nintendo knows how to please.

They're having that problem right now, in this gen. Sure if QoL explodes and gaming stays marginal for them over, like, the next 12 years or something, then they could get the idea, but things turn around in strange ways.