| freebs2 said: This kinda shows why Nintendo has been looking for partnerships in the mobile market. I'm expecting thier next handheld to be more mobile-friendly. |
Being able to play mobile games on Nintendo hardware (I mean, making the platform have most of those mobile games you can get from phones and tablets) could help Nintendo to land some sales here and there. Like for example a kid seens this game that a parent is playing on the phone and he could get that same game on a Nintendo platform.
But, as was the case with Sony, Nintendo is facing a wall in the form of competing with devices that serve a key function beyond gaming: connecting people with phone service. That is the key advantage that phones have over dedicated gaming platforms, people need them in their daily lives call people and stuff.
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
