Pokemon GO Be Nintendo's Biggest Success Since Wii? Bigger Than Wii?

[Kerotan]

Goodnightmoon said:

Kerotan said:

Consoles made them huge when comsoles were huge for Nintendo.  

 

In future it will be mobile that keeps them huge because that's where their audience has been largely moving too. 

Bullshit, the Wii audience is not "their audience", most of them came that gen alone, their real audience is either buying their products or waiting for something that makes them want to buy them again.

And no, a franchise like Zelda will lose its popularity without the main aaa games, if suddlenly the brand turns into little free to play mobile games with no mainline aaa experience, the franchise would slowly die, is not wise, and they won't do it, just like they didn't went 100% handheld just because they were way more succesful than homeconsoles.

They can go one more round with the NX but their main audience the dedicated handheld audience is moving to iOS and Android at a fast pace.  Pokemon Go is only the beginning on mobile.  Nintendo will drown in cash when they full embrace being a third party mobile dev.  

 

Nothing stopping them releasing a few console AAA games on ps4/X1/pc or PS5/x2/pc.  Most Wii U fans own one of those platforms anyway so they'll still get their sales plus more.