| JWeinCom said: Eurogamer didn't say anything about the SCD. Nintendo has a patent for it, but that doesn't mean it will actually be used. If it is, and the rumor is otherwise true, then it's definitely better, but still nothing terribly exciting. If Nintendo is going to continue to exist as a hardware developer, they'll need to reach outside their fanbase. Otherwise, they'll just slowly wither away. |
They are reaching outside their fanbase. With smartphone games. That market push doesn't need to be tied to hardware.
| Soundwave said: If they can maintain 50-60 million users on their NX hardware (the same as the 3DS has) but have a singular software base, so that things like Splatoon are available to ALL Nintendo fans and not just 1/5 of them, they'll be fine. |
Right. And given their strong 1st party sales, a 50-60 million user base is disproportionately more profitable for them than eg. Sony/MS, although to be clear, I think they can achieve above that level because it is combined handheld-homeconsole userbase they can appeal to. On top of fact that they have more profitable hardware, and lower cost approach to software development over-all.
