Nintendo releasing mobile app Good idea or a sign of weakness?

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Ljink96 said:
If it's a sign of weakness, Square Enix, Capcom, and many other game devs are pretty weak then. :) It's totally okay and I'm okay with it. As an entertainment company, especially a entertainment company based on technology, you have to pay attention to trends in order to stay relevant. What if Apple kept using command prompts for computers instead of Graphical User Interfaces? What if a major food chain only accepted cash and no credit/debit cards? You have to adapt to the times and slowly but surely, Nintendo is trying to do just that. But when they do it, they'll make sure to do it their own way which is always a plus in my book.

Although I respect your opinion and actually agree with the jist of it I did want to clarify what I personally meant when I wrote 'sign of weakness' and I just want to make sure you understood my position. I do agree that making the app is a great idea , I was referring to Nintendo claiming they would NEVER make their IP's accessible through another hardware partner and with investors demanding it my question was whether or not the idea of the mobile app was exclusively appeasing the investors "weakness" or just happened to be the right time for them to strike. Either way thanks for awesome reply