| zorg1000 said: I don't believe Iwata ever said they would never enter the mobile market, more like they would never port their console/handheld games over and if they did enter it would be as a way to promote their dedicated hardware without devaluing their ip and not as a way to make a quick buck. |
“If I was to take responsibility for the company for just the next one or two years, and if I was not concerned about the long-term future of Nintendo at all, it might make sense for us to provide our important franchises for other platforms, and then we might be able to gain some short-term profit,” he said.
“However, I’m really responsible for the long-term future of Nintendo as well, so I would never think about providing our precious resources for other platforms at all.” - Iwata
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/08/10/nintendo-pres-on-mario/
This pretty much says that they would never put their franchises on other platforms, point blank period. Though this is just a translation, and I often do not take these as concrete proof of the speakers actual meaning.
