OdinHades said:
Nintendo isn't able to build a good phone. That would need tons of R&D, patents and whatnot. All things Nintendo doesn't have. Even their money is rather short for something like that. I mean, just look how a giant like Microsoft is struggling to compete with Apple and Samsung. They finally caught up with the Lumia 930, but they needed years and years of software engineering and they had to buy Nokia, which cost more than what Nintendo has in the bank to achieve just that. And while the products are of good quality now, the sales are ridiculously low compared to their competitors.
It's not like you can just say "money, lulz" and build your own smartphone. I mean, you could always build something by just sticking together parts, but that would be very dated and far far away from the build quality of iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and so on. They also wouldn't get away with slow hardware when building a phone like they like to do with consoles. The modern user expects one shitload of functions while everything needs to happen in an instant. No room for slow hardware or anything like that.
So no, it just won't happen. They would be better off selling licenses to Apple or Samsung so that those guys build some kind of Nintendo phone. But Nintendos own hardware studio just can't compete in any way with other manufacturers. They really should concentrate on software and should do only things that don't affect their other business. There are plenty of options, like some Mario games that are built around the gaming habits of phone users. A short puzzler or something, that would surely sell if Nintendos name is on it. There isn't just black and white, I think it's both a bad idea for Nintendo to just ignore the mobile market but it's also bad to go all in and leave their classic consoles behind. After all it all might just be a trend (the original iPhone is just seven years old) while consoles proved that they can make money for 30+ years. So it's much more logical to depend on the latter for Nintendos core business.
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I know Nintendo can't. But the combination of that machine will be out there some day. It's just enevitable. How Blockbuster was not able to stop online streaming, Nintendo may not be able to fight against this wonder gaming phone. I think the only possible way this happens is if the first accepted machine comes to life, and nintendo would still be in the mobile gaming department. That is the only way Nintendo can have this machine.
