| Mummelmann said: I honestly don't know about their consoles, there comes a time when they might be forced to choose between pride and business. Most companies undergo major changes, especially ones as old Nintendo. Peugeot has a really interesting history, for instance (seriously, look it up!). Microsoft and Sony are not doing what they used to be doing and they probably won't be doing exactly what they're doing now in the gaming industry within a decade or less; it goes without saying that Nintendo should be prepared to adapt and change as well. I think I wrote in the UNITY thread that the 8th gen will be where they all strived for similarity overall, while the 9th gen will be all about setting themselves apart and they will all be forced to reckon with the blistering pace of the overall consumer electronics market, sooner rather than later, and for now it actually seems like Nintendo are thinking ahead for the first time in ages. If Nintendo make it big in the mobile industry, and that seems quite likely from where I'm sitting; Sony and MS better damn well be prepared should they face the need for smarter, quicker and safer revenue for their gaming divisions as well down the line. I believe that Nintendo will be a far more dangerous opponent in the mobile space than they ever were in home consoles. As long as they don't start making phones or tablets; that is a terrible idea imo. |
Yeah it's gonna be interesting to watch where this takes Nintendo, and if MS and Sony will do the same. Out of the two, I think MS has a bigger need of going mobile; their gaming division isn't making tons of money, but it is Sony that has the better mobile friendly IP's of the two...
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