July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[ArchangelMadzz]

RolStoppable said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

Pokemon Go proves that people want to play nintendo games but don't always want the hardware.

More people played pokemon go daily on Mobile than Wii U's sold. Pokemon helped boost 3DS sales no doubt which is what I said in my first post. Making mobile games to increase profits and hardware sales is great. Going third party is even better.

Players =/= customers. That's a crucial difference.

For a company like Nintendo who has so many highly regarded IPs, there's more money to be made as a console manufacturer than as a third party.

That is very true, and is great. Well it would be if Nintendo were making it. 

Sony are making more money as a manufacturer than they would be going third party. Nintendo probably aren't in that boat. They're currently making these AAA console titles and selling to 13 million potential users because they're having trouble getting people to buy their hardware. Games are no problem, everyone loves nintendo games. It's the hardware that is very expensive to R&D and produce. When they can elimate that completely and sell to an audience 10x bigger.

We'll see what hapens with the NX of course.