| Ka-pi96 said:
Regarding Pokemon Go, I'm not sure it will do that much for S/M sales. Has a mobile game ever translated to success on a non-mobile game before? Not that I know of. Plus you'd assume the vast majority of Pokemon Go players don't even own 3DSs and aren't likely to go out and buy one just to play Pokemon when they're already happy with Pokemon on their phone. |
Nintendo UK has already reported a near 150% increase in Pokemon game sales and merchandise. Looking across Amazon, Pokemon titles and the 3DS are doing better than usual for this time of year. Honestly, not that big a boost in real numbers at this point.
...But Pokemon Go really hasn't hit its biggest scale yet. It's probably between 20- 40 million downloads now, but it's practically guaranteed to hit 1 billion downloads in it's future at some point the way other mobile franchises have. We're easily talking about the franchise's biggest fanbase expansion since it debuted in the first place - probably even bigger. Even if a very, very small percent of those people are compelled to buy the 3DS and Pokemon Sun/Moon, it results in a pretty hefty increase in sales for the 3DS and this pokemon game in particular.
This whole thing is pretty unprecedented. How often has a mobile game really acted as a lead-in for a console game? Fallout Shelter maybe? Other than that - I got nothing. It really hasn't been attempted. But I think that's the jist of Nintendo's strategy now. It's the same reasoning to also put Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem on mobile too. The goal isn't to replace the console titles, it's to pave a wider path for people to get interest in console titles. I think it works because I don't think the mobile game really diminishes the console game's value to those who bought the console game series repeatedly in the past.
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
