Star Fox Zero might be the end of the Star Fox series

[Dunban67]

RolStoppable said:

Dunban67 said:

a mobile Starfox would not necc be a "good Starfox game"  but a succeful profitable mobile game with Starfox IP-   

If you think Nintendo did a 180 on their take on mobile for reasons other than investors than you are naive-  There is more pressuure now than ever to turn the "Nintendo ship" around-   they have been failing since the 3rd release and their decline in revenues are no joke-  If they were not influenced by investors they also would have taken more losses early in the Wii U s life in order to invest in the platform  and turn the ship sooner-  but they did not-  they sacrificed the overall good of the business for the long term for smalller losses and small profits short term-  it is pretty obvious- 

But if it isn't a Star Fox game that is like Star Fox, how would it create demand for a Star Fox game on consoles?

Nintendo didn't do a 180. Their strategy for mobile aligns with their stance to not threaten their core business, so none of the investors got their wish (they were asking for Virtual Console ports and sequels to popular IPs being developed for mobile). Nintendo's mobile strategy ties into their determination to increase awareness of their IPs, which includes projects like theme parks and animation that investors didn't ask for.

The naive way of thinking is to believe that Nintendo doesn't want to be a successful company on their own, but rather needs investors to tell them what to do. Like I said, Nintendo itself holds the controlling stake in the company, and Nintendo has no history of acting upon the input of investors. If investors don't like what Nintendo is up to, their only realistic choice is to sell their shares.

When Yamamuchi (sp) was alive he/his family effectivly (but not literally as Nintendo is a publicly traded co) controlled the company -  Now that he is dead and much of his family stock was bought back by Nintendo, the control effectivly goes to the stockholders-  The stock Nintendo buys is retired and/or used for empolyee stock options-  The CEO of Nintendo or BOD can t vote those shares

The investors wanted Nintendo on mobile and they want them to make money from mobile-  they don t care how-  but if Nintendo s existing plan for mobile does not work there will be more pressure from investors to have more mainline ip on mobile-  

re Starfox-  if it is popular on mobile it will make the ip popular and open up the number of people who have never played a console Star fox game more interested in trying one-  Marketing 101