If amiibo is a hit will Nintendo become more of a toy/media company?

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dharh said:

Mystro-Sama said:

These toys and merchandise goes towards the ultimate goal of selling more hardware and software.

Not quite. It's about making more money. If Nintendo can succeed in making money hand over fist making games on its own hardware that also appeal to people (not just kids, but probably that'd be the key mass demographic) who buy merchandise then that is the direction they should go in.

Would people rather they stick to only mario, zelda, smash bros, etc? Because I hate to break it to people, that might no longer cut the mustard. One giant mega hit like pokemon does not overcome an onslaught of other decent sized hit

its all about have multiple sources of revenue. Honestly Nintendo is the only one who can say whether this model can work for them. But I am sure they will keep games on the forefront of their business for as long as they can.