| Kagerow said: Partial agreement and disagreement there, I don't think 2016 being too soon for complete digital is absurd. In fact, opposite is true, 2016 is absurdly soon for going complete digital... For investor perspective. No sane investor will allow Nintendo to take such expensive risk right after Wii U's failure. Not that any of the actual executives in Nintendo is going to listen to them after ignoring 4 years of endless whining from every stock holders. Only thing that fundamentally prevents innovative idea and technology is its price, and if Steam taught us anything it is that going digital is more profitable than going physical Yes, good internet is not available everywhere yet. But expecting nothing is going to change is more absurd, and factually wrong. (1) Since Nintendo is openly embracing USB 3.0, it won't be too difficult to release external optical drive new console for people who still want to use physical drive. This will effectively spread out the price of console, allowing Nintendo to place console at more appealing price point. Spemaning's analysis and evaluation isn't really too farfetched. 1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150625145236.htm |
I don't think it's as much of a risk as people think it is, and if investors let Nintendo do the Wii after the GCN, they'll "allow" an all digital platform after the Wii U.
