Nintendo has to do something fast!!!

[LordLichtenstein]

Kerotan said:

LordLichtenstein said:

Nintendo should switch their focus from hardware to software. As a software company Nintendo would be bigger than ever before.

nintendo going forward will have low selling consoles but games that could sell boatloads. I've always said that for nintendo to stay relevant they needed to invent the handheko themsekves back when it came out. They were too stubborn to enter the mobile market then and prob didn't even dream up a device anything like it. Sadly for them at the time the DS was on it's way to be the second highest consoles ever. The iphone caused a major shift and even if they straight away partner with google and made a rival to the iphone they'd be in a better place today. 

Either they try break into the market now whixh is very hard or they go software and rake in millions. Pokemon and the like would make ridiculous money on iphones and androids especially in japan. They have a long console history so it must be too hard to let go. It will be their downfall if they don't. ANd how will that bother 3DS fans? Most of you anyway will have a smartphone or could get one as a result. You'll still get your games and nintendo will make even more money. 

As for the home console. The Wii was a fluke thanks to the motion controls. That has come and gone. Gamecube and Wii U are their natural level of sales and with Sony flying so high and MS willing to spend crazy money to stay relevany I can;'t see them squeexing back in with a traditional console. If they want to sell big numbers again they need to dream up another fad. THe obvious answer would be VR but SOny, Facebook and MS are all a few steps ahead there. 

Maybe their next console will be an Oculis rift type thing and it will capture the worlds imagination once again. I just don't see it happening. 

iPhone - 500 Million

Samsung Galaxy S - 200 Million

All-in-all, as of 2014, there has been shipped more than 1 Billion smartphones WW

Tablets only in 2013 - 195 Million


Nintendo should slowly enter the mobile market with well known franchises like Mario, Zelda and Pokemon.

Re-release the games from the GB, GBA & DS era - $0.99-2.99
Re-release the games from the NES, N64 & GC era - $3.99-5.99

Release games for PS4, Xbox One & PC - $39.99-59.99

According to VGC's numbers:

New Super Mario Bros. U sold 4.32 million, if released on PS4, Xbox One & PC, they could potentially have sold 10+ million.
Mario Kart 8 sold 3.01, if released on PS4, Xbox One & PC, they could potentially have sold 10+ million.
Super Mario 3D world sold 2.39,  if released on PS4, Xbox One & PC, they could potentially have sold 5+ million
New Super Luigi U sold 1.81,  if released on PS4, Xbox One & PC, they could potentially have sold 5+ million

You get where I am going.


But, most important of all, merchandise! Just look at Angry Birds.