DélioPT said:
Without a doubt the handheld market has shrunk.
Before, parents could only contemplate a Nintendo portable for their kids, now they just lend their tablets or smartphones to play whatever game they have there and that's it.
That's why the Fusion strategy is vital to Nintendo: less spending on games and more revenue/profit with each game they release. So, even if they can't go back to GBA levels of HW sales, they can at least hope for a better financial state.
Wii U's tablet wasn't the reason for Wii U's situation. If anything, Nintendo tried to introduce a tablet with buttons and joyticks to an audience that was used to tablets and wasn't afraid anymore of those buttons, as a result of their experiment with the Wii remote and nunchuk.
It's just that everything else around it, failed.
I can't see 3DS lasting another 3/4 years.
3DS has, by year's end, been in the market for almost 4 years.
We already saw sales being flat last year despite a huge line-up. This year sales are going to fall a lot. And next year, if NEW 3DS hasn't another great line-up, it will fall even more.
Wii U won't last because it's sales are so low that when they start to go down (normal lifecycle) it won't be able to keep on sustaining the SW sales Nintendo needs.
Even if at GC levels in HW, Nintendo gets less profits for the same amount of games sold during GC's life. How do you justify big investments?
I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo announces the fusion strategy in 2016 to be released in the same year. By then, almost 6 years for 3DS and 4 for Wii U. And whatever titles they have for the Fusion consoles, they will release it on Wii U to keep fans happy.
I'm really curious about Splatoon.
It's SP mode might be the TPS Wii U also needs. And with a frantic MP mode it could really do wonders for Wii U and Nintendo's image in general.
NIntendo also has high hopes for the game. They said they want it to be another MK or Smash, i can't remember.
The next briefing is on 29th October.
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