Scisca said:
zorg1000 said:
Scisca said:
zorg1000 said:
laptops didnt kill desktops and tablets havent killed laptops just like streaming services like netflix/hulu havent killed cable and mp3 disnt kill cds.
yes gaming on phones has certainly hurt handhelds like all of those things listed have hurt the others but there is still a market for all of those things like there still is a market for dedicated handhelds as long as they are priced correctly ($199 or under) and have a bunch of big multimillion selling franchises (Pokemon/Mario/Smash/Monster Hunter/etc).
of course Nintendo needs to adapt to the market and make some changes going forward. for example continue to build relations with indies and try making the eshop into a strong competitor to apple and googles play stores. make the virtual console a big deal again and creating a subscription service like $50/year gets u unlimited access to the entire virtual console. also consider lower prices for software, if a game has a relatively low budget and isnt a multimillion selling franchise, dont price it at $40, this type of game could sell for $19.99, save the $40 price tag for the big hitters or big budget titles.
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Your recipe for success sound a whole lot like Vita.
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how so? Vita didnt launch at $199 and doesnt have a bunch of multimillion selling franchises
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It does have a bunch of such franchises - Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, Killzone, FIFA, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy and others. Launch price (cause Vita has been cheaper than 199 for a long time now) is the only thing out of that massive list that isn't true and yet you ask "how so"? You basically described Vita and Vita's PSN/PS+ service with what you've written. Strong indies? PSN Store highly developed and with constant sales. Supports hundreds of PSX and PSP games. Subscription based service - PS+ is awesome on Vita. Games on Vita are much cheaper than on 3DS, there are many games for less than $40. Sony did with Vita everything you've said here. Nintendo's future is already here from Sony? 
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look at those games u listed, they are all massive sellers on consoles but have never been huge on handhelds. AC/COD/FIFA have never sold over 2 million on a handheld and outside of Crisis Core, Final Fantasy is the same way.
im talking about the real big hitting handheld series like Pokemon/Mario Kart/2D Mario/3D Mario/Animal Crossing which typically sell over 10 million.
PS+ is a great service but thats not really what im talking about. PS+ gives a few games per month and a bunch of discounts, im talking about $50/year gives u unlimited access to the entire virtual console, hundreds of games for a low yearly fee.
Vita didnt officially drop to $199 until 1.5 years after launch and without big hitting handheld titles its fate was already sealed by that time in the west.
ill give u indies tho, Sony has done a great job at getting strong indie support for Vita. i want Nintendo to have even better indie support than that for its next handheld.
