Is "Miitomo" a good idea?

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spemanig said:

SJReiter said:
No because it will not attract people to Nintendo's dedicated gaming hardware. I thought the whole point of Nintendo's mobile initiative was to attract new users to their own hardware. How in the world is something like Miitomo going to do that? Yeah it features Miis, but no one is going to want to buy a 3DS/Wii U just to mess around with Mii stuff. I just don't see the logic here. That's why they should've at least used some Nintendo character so it could somewhat attract people to other games with that character.

First off, Miis are Nintendo characters.

Second off, Miis are part of the 4th biggest gaming franchises in the world, behind GTA, then Pokemon, then Mario.

Finally, the initiative to get people buying their consoles is not a linear one. The thinking was never intended to be "if we get people to make a Mii on their phone, they'll drop hundreds on a dedicated gaming platform." It's far more complex than that. This is an initiation into the My Nintendo ecosystem. This is being done in steps. Miitomo is the first, absolutely integral, absolutely genius step.

You mean the games that came bundled with consoles and/or controllers? Those "Wii Whatever" games? Yeah that definitely didn't affect their sales numbers at all  Nope.

 

No one cares about Miis.