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Soundwave on 12 July 2016
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Thuglas said:

Well if Pokemon Go can maintain a certain level of success for years (which I find unlikely tbh) then I would assume that the handheld versions will no longer be as much of a system seller as they are now. You might say "they are completely different games" which is true but if people associate ios/android as the home of pokemon because that is where everyone and their mother is playing it then a lot less people are gonna want to play on the platform that is no where near as popular. If all their friends are playing Pokemon Go on IOS then why would any of them want to leave that platform to go buy a 3ds or next Nintendo handheld to......... get a less popular version of pokemon very few of their friends play? This is the problem i have with people saying this is good "advertising" or "marketing" for Nintendo. To some people it seems like you cant imagine that people would actually take this shallow experience over a full fledged pokemon game and will be craving it after playing GO but most casual gamers like shallow addicting games over full fledge ones. Only the more dedicated poke fans are going to be craving more imo.

I thought it was the consensus among forum folk for years that Nintendo was avoiding putting their big titles on mobile because they didn't want to hurt their handheld division by doing so? How come when they finally do it, everyone acts as if this move will NOT negatively affect their handheld business? Of course it will in some way, they clearly think the money from mobile is worth it though.

I dont think Nintendo will leave the handheld business soon, but I do think this move will only accelerate the decrease in consumer interest in dedicated handheld gaming devices since IT SEEMS (I know it is still early) that the king of handheld console games is able to pull in more money and consumer interest on smartphones.

To be honest the dedicated portable market was likely going to continue to erode. If you can't beat 'em ... join 'em ... if Nintendo is making huge profits off mobile gaming, they just can't ignore it.