RolStoppable said:
A way for Nintendo to screw over their core business. You don't invite free games en masse to your ecosystem. There's way too high of a risk to devalue the software that is specifically developed for the dedicated gaming hardware. When there are so many free games to play, why pay significantly more for other games? That's the kind of thought that could establish itself in no time. In a way, the inclusion of Android is the same mistake as trying to imitate PS/Xbox. People look at PS and say that is what sells, so Nintendo should do the same thing. On the surface, that seems to make sense. But after some consideration, you have to deal with the problem that with such a product you would have to convince owners of PS to switch their platform of choice; but what if they are happy with what they already have? Same issue with Android. People play games on Android devices, so Nintendo should have the same thing. But you aren't going to convince people to buy a separate device to do exactly the same as they are already doing on a device they own. |
I think Soundwave makes a lot of sense when he argues that Nintendo could be the go to tablet for parents; if it functions as three different kind of devices in one, there wouldn't be any need to buy both a tablet and a console. Just buy a Nintendo, it does it all. I'm sure he'll be in here soon enough and defend his view on the matter, and he'll probably do it better than I can.
The thing is, people will have a mobile or tablet in any case, why couldn't nintendo fill that position as well? People will still have access to free games, whether or not they play on a Nintendo console, this has been my point when we've had our latest discussions. What would be the difference between people playing on free games on an iOS/Android than on a Nintendo tablet/console?
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