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Ouroboros24 on 12 April 2015
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oniyide said:
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oniyide said:
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alternine said:
It maybe good for them but its bad for consumers.

Yeah it does.  They have another blue ocean with them.  Don't make a mistake, this isn't a skylander or a disney whatever, this is another pokemon, Wii, super Mario bros.  Because of this, they will treat it like a monopoly.  They may even force Microsoft and Sony to counter with something of their own.


no just no. LOL if that were true then Wii Us would be selling MUCH better but its still on track to sell less than GC. Thats not Pokemon hell than might not even be Pikmin. Ninty fans are buying these and thats it.

Slow burn. It's a platform in it's first year.  Nintendo wants this to be like Trading Card games and this is akin to Yu-gi-oh.

"As of February 2015, the Skylanders series has crossed the threshold of $3 billion in sales, with 175 million toys sold since 2011, making the series one of the top 20 highest-selling video game franchises of all time."  Since 2011 release.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylanders#Reception

http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/even-disney-is-surprised-by-the-success-of-disney-infinity-1201268283/

These figurines have long legs.  This is the start.

bad comparison Skylanders sell to a MUCH bigger install base than Amiibo currently does. Hell even when you throw in 3ds numbers its still much smaller

Time, time, time.  If this is the reception for amiibo as the market is, it stays relivent for more than two or 3 years.  It would always be a buyers market in high demand.  Nintendo will not have only have the Amiibo platform in a year from now, but the next year going.  Perhaps nintendo keeps this market open for another 3 years, in what kind of position would they be?  DeNA, NX, Nintendo Network, Nintendo is slow, but we can see them moving towards other venues in recent years and have even accepted the mobile industry.  It wouldn't surprise me if nintendo does give smartphones amiibo access after .  And if they did, it would only help them and their contractual partners involved. 

It would be best for Nintendo to have this kind of amiibo infrastructure for the time being.  Perhaps long in the future we may have a direct to you figurine, something to fix this scalper issue.  Don't get  me wrong, I talk about it, but I would rather have a fair market for which finding your favorite amiibo is easily done.  But until they have more than just the limited market of the people who have bought a Wii U and a N3DS, they need to keep this hype up.