Someone has to say...Nintendo needs a phone

[Ouroboros24]

fluky-nintendy said:

Ouroboros24 said:

fluky-nintendy said:
No, keep it a handheld with buttons. A phone-like machine would ruin Nintendo.

But what if it didn't.  What if it was the right combination of buttons and lack of buttons coinciding within the same machine?  That's a riddle with so far no answer, but isn't it the future when there is an answer?  Which ever company is able to answer it, it will drive the next generation of mobile gaming.  There are people out there that have 3ds and phones all at the same time, rare, but there is that devotion.  How easy would it be to convince someone who had no real devotion to gaming, but see that the option is there? 

I don't think the hardcore fans, the ones that buy most of the games would like that. 

Not to mention that the smartphone market it's saturated. Nintendo would now have to compete with smartphones. It would even feel gimmicky, Nintendo would never take that risk because it's just not smart to do that when you keep selling so well with your own formula.

I don't honestly think it will be Nintendo do get the combination right.  They don't have what it takes, but if they are still alive in the handheld market and they want to continue, they will eventually be forced to.  Look at gamecube, online wasn't a concern, but with the wii they were more acceptable with online games.  Wii half-assed online, they were forced to adapt with Wii U(Not by a giant leap, but for nintendo, pretty big leap) again. 

And yes, the cell phone market is saturated, but Nintendo machines will last 5 years, with small remodellings inbetween.  They don't have a small 1-3 year product release like other companies.  As long as they can sell upwards of 60+million(arbitrary, yet exceeding numbers) by the time their next machine comes in, it will be worth it.  And the games sold as well will contribute to the overall sales of the product.  Besides, machines don't sell machines, games do.