| padib said: You could be partly right. The OP seems to mention both. In that sense, that portion of OP would then liken the 3DS' final years much closer to the Vita. The first part makes it closer to the PS4's launch period (mostly remakes). Despite the flack Sony gets for not releasing a good volume of proper 1st party games on the Vita, they are making profitable effort behind the scenes. So I would agree with this portion of the change more than if it were remakes alone. Then again Sony helped secure the Vita with ports of some great games (since I'll take you on your word, I'm not as good at knowing things when it comes to the Vita), whereas the 3DS will be securing ports of smartphone games. I'm not sure this effort on Nintendo's part will be of the same caliber but at least it's not just remakes. |
Yeah, it looks that way depending on whether Iwata means this will be in addition to their usual 3DS support or that they're shifting to this as the primary focus for the remainder of the 3DS' life. That he expects to return to typical profitability in the next couple of years seems to indicate the launch of something by then, either a 3DS successor or the rumored unified system. In either case it could mean they are indeed moving on from the 3DS in order to have all hands on deck for next gen, and this is their stopgap measure. I'll be interested to see whether they single out what they deem to be the most appropriate mobile games or just generally try to encourage mobile devs to jump on board with the 3DS (I hope the former).
Sony's efforts with the Vita are widely misunderstood. They have been a lot more hands on than it seems. But since they deserve a lot of flak for how stupidly they launched the thing, I guess it's pretty much a wash.
