Nintendo Getting Outmarketed By Smartphone Games

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Skullwaker said:

Soundwave said:
Sony/MS don't need to counteract smartphone marketing as much though because it doesn't cut into their demographics. A COD or Destiny player might play Clash of Clans sure, but not at the expense of their hardcore gaming fix on the PS4/X1. 

Nintendo? Doesn't have that luxury. 

And there's nothing stopping Nintendo from affording Kate Upton, in fact I suggested hiring someone like her a while ago, but lo and behold that smartphone game that no one knew about like two weeks ago is now trending big time because of that TV spot. 

COD? Destiny? Hardcore?

This thread is 2much4me.

Soccer moms and crossword puzzle players aren't the ones buying COD and Destiny nor are they likely to be impacted at all from smartphone gaming. So yes, whether you like it or not those are games with hardcore gameplay mechanics, they just happen to be extremely successful ones that a lot of mainstream players buy.

But there's little/no overlap between Destiny and Candy Crush.