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Soundwave on 29 March 2015
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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

Getting back to topic then, I think handhelds have a future, but a more limited one, maybe Nintendo can grind out 50-65 million handhelds next cycle out. That won't be an easy 50-65 mill either, they will have to work their asses off just to maintain at that level. 

But if Apple actually goes through with that pop-up joystick patent ... I think Nintendo is basically fucked.

Doesn't matter what software they have, they will need a miracle in that scenario.

If smartphones start to have the ability to not only play cheap/simple/arcadey games but even more credible, deeper styles of games, then the traditional handheld is pretty much screwed. 

That post only gets us back to the beginning where you refuse to acknowledge that software sells hardware. Therefore your belief is that IPs do not matter, so people will stop to buy Mario because Apple has a pop-up joystick on their iPhones.

I said it's not as simple as you make it out to be. That's just a meaningless slogan without any context, like saying "if you work hard in college you're gaurunteed to have a great job that sets you up for life" ... uh, no you're not. It doesn't hurt, but it's no gauruntee of anything. 

If the industry actually operated the way you think it does, then why is every sales trend basically the complete opposite of what you're talking about?

People are voting with their wallets and it sure as hell isn't going according to the RolStoppable doctrine. 

If Apple goes ahead with that patent, Nintendo is in deep shit.