| Ariakon said: The funny thing is that Nintendo's stock price is rising astronomically based primarily on the assumption that they're going to do just as the OP said, to a certain point, and become more a software company than a hardward company, designing games primarily for mobile and only tinkering with their own consoles if they really feel the need for it.
I have a really hard time seeing Nintendo change their current plans, however, and I see that clashing with investors soon if Pokemon Go ends up making less money than many have assumed. It's going to be interesting to see whether Nintendo stays strong with the path they're currently taking, as in focusing most of their efforts on consoles while allowing other developers to assist them to bringing their properties to mobile, or if they will react more heavily to the fervor surrounding their company and its perceived willingness to shift its business model into one more focused on software than their own hardware. |
I'd be fine with Nintendo dedicating a lot of their mobile profits towards expanding their development staff for mobile and treating it as a replacement for their dwindling handheld market just as long as they don't take the lazy way out by porting old console/handheld games or try to make traditional console games for mobile. I agree completely with you that Nintendo should create games for mobile that are unique to the platform and caters to its audience and their general attention span and not try to make traditional games and force them on mobile like some people (speaking in a general sense) think Nintendo should do.
