Nintendo: We Weren't "Cornered" Into Making Smartphone Games

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sundin13 said:

Soundwave said:

DélioPT said:
If conversations started in 2010, Nintendo was still doing very well when considering this partnership.

They weren't considering it in 2010. 

DeNA was bugging them about it, but people were asking for Nintendo games on smart devices since smart device apps start to take off like wildfire. 

Nintendo resisted for a few years, but in the end they caved. 

If a creepy jerk asks out a supermodel and she eventually says yes after 5 years, odds are her career situation isn't in a positive place. 

Thats ignoring all of the factors that have changed outside of Nintendo. That "creepy jerk" (aka, mobile games) has made some pretty impressive strides and his proposition is a lot more attractive now than it was five years ago. Nintendo isn't the only one who has changed.

Nintendo has a documented tendency to wait until things like this are established before entering the fray.

Yeah but would Nintendo be doing this if their traditional gaming systems were doing great? 

Very unlikely. 

They probably wouldn't even have done this if they were really confident in the NX platform.