Nintendo Fans Vs. Third-Party Developers & Entitlement

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Well like I said, when talking about Nintendo u have to look at the company as a whole and not just one segment of it, Nintendo being able to sell over 40 million (over 50 million when all is said and done) units of hardware in the West without the need of the big western games is proof that they don't need those games.

Who cares if those divisions end up making more money for Nintendo than their tradition gaming division does? Are u implying that Nintendo is simply going to abandon that market just because other things are more profitable? As long as their gaming business is making money and they sell a bunch of hardware & software than they aren't leaving the business.

Diversifying and expanding is probably going to more beneficial than detrimental for the gaming business by increasing brand awareness through these other divisions along with Nintendo being able to take more risks with their gaming business because the company will no longer be 100% dependant on the success of gaming.

Assuming they can hold every single (or even most) of their 3DS base for the next cycle, sure. I'm not so sure however that it's so simple. 

A seperate gaming handheld is becoming more and more of a tougher sell I think. A lot of people just feel like they don't need it and truth be told, they're probably not wrong. Free/$1 friendly looking smartphone games chew up the down time most people have during the average day outside of the house, and kids take to tablets/phones like fish to water. 

Like this year will be the lowest worldwide shipment for Nintendo handhelds in something like 18 years (last year was the previous lowest in that time frame) even with a new 3DS revision. That can't be good. 

Can they can turn this around with the NX ... I'm not sure. This isn't so much a product issue (as in the 3DS and Vita were low quality products, they're both actually quite good devices), it's more of a lifestyle change, and traditional handhelds are on the wrong end of it. 

No, it's not simple, Nintendo has to work their asses off to maintain and regain their target audience but that doesn't mean it's impossible like so many people on here like to pretend. They will need to adapt and come up with a sound strategy and implement it well like they did with DS/Wii, which is something they didn't do with 3DS/Wii U.