Vena said:
Garage got off the ground within EAD in a big way. Next Level moved up in the world and are a much needed Western dev (they still need a couple more). They came to learn how HD development will affect their costs, times of development, and resource management. They're building good bridges with indie devs and pushed forward Nintendo Frame Work and almost universal engine support for development. If they can fix their Nintendo OS and their account systems, they will be in a good position. |
They've lost money every year since 2011 (the year the 3DS launched). The 3DS become profitable, right when the Wii U then became an achor on their bottom line.
They're looking at going from 100 million consoles to maybe 18 million this generation. From 150 million handhelds down to probably about half that.
But yeah ... they finally figured out what HD is 10 years after every other developer. Progress. Nintendo's needed a "couple more Western developers" for about 12 years now.
This generation has been a nightmare for Nintendo, probably one beyond their wildest dreams. This is a company that never posted a full year fiscal loss in almost 100 years of operation prior to this generation starting. The sooner they can write this whole five year period off probably the better. I think Nintendo would prefer that the last few years never happened.
