Nintendo's Biggest Issue & How the NX might solve it- Opinion

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KLAMarine said:
Nintendo has to, absolutely HAS TO, combine both their platforms into one. Sony and Microsoft have the luxury of having to support only one platform respectively, Nintendo's gotta make that transition as well.

Exactly. Well said. Going off of Wii U I wondered what NIntendo could do next that's different, this should suffice and work wonders for their internal teams and for consumers.

pokoko said:

First, that was a good article. Nice job, though I don't quite agree with everything.

"Nintendo having a shared library theoretically doubles the output of Nintendo's first party software."

While having a shared library will certainly help, the net doesn't seem like it would be double. Aren't some of the biggest games on both just versions of one another?

Also, assuming that Nintendo produces roughly the same type of content for the NX as on the 3DS+Wii U, it still fails to address Nintendo's main problem, which is creating new consumers.  The number of people who are interested in the Nintendo brand is probably at an all-time low (given that we won't know about mobile yet). They've lost a staggering amount of market share relative to home consoles while the handheld market continues to shrink.

Amiibo was an attempt to fix that but, last I heard, it wasn't working out exactly as Nintendo hoped.

Granted, there will be people who will pull the trigger on NX because they were on the cusp already and just needed a little more. It will be interesting to see how many.

By the way, what unique properties and franchises on Nintendo handhelds will translate into selling points for people who are looking at the NX as a home console?

Thanks, glad you liked it. And it's okay to disagree, how else will discussion be made?

As for increasing software output, sure it won't actually double but the key word there is theoretically. I highly doubt we'd get 2 Mario Karts like we did with 7 and 8 but we'd probably get new IP to compensate. And that gives Nintendo IP more time to breathe and gives each next installment new meaning rather than them pulling a Mario 3D Land/World translation. And regarding your concern for creating new customers, I think that new IP is the way to approach that. I give Splatoon as an example but NIntendo has the man power and know how to make new and engaging IP which I hope is what they'll seize NX's premise, in order to achieve.

Amiibo, while still relatively huge, is slowing down and it is to me, a fad. I don't own a single amiibo because I really don't see the use. Just fancy DLC that works across multiple games. Working across multiple games is what cheapens and lessens the use of amiibo. Amiibo should have been a 1 time thing that worked with 1 game that incorporated nintendo's IP into one game. Kind of like Skylanders, but to a greater extent. Not to say that Amiibo hasn't accomplished what Nintendo has set out to do but it isn't going to last much longer with its current selling point.

As for you last question, I don't think it's a matter of seeing which games will appeal to what type of gamer because if the rumors are true, Nintendo isn't creating a successor to handhelds or home consoles but both. So the possibilities are infinite. I think one of the limiting factors of the rumored NX is that it is a handheld so naturally handheld games are going to translate well to NX, but it's also supposed to be played on the big screen. So I think more than anything, NX is more of a handheld than a home console based on the Eurogamer rumors. Then again we don't have much info on the NX docking station or what it might add to NX so, this could go anywhere.

I think in order for NX to succeed, they need their traditional IP of course, but new reasons for customers to pick up the NX.