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Soundwave on 20 October 2016
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WolfpackN64 said:
Soundwave said:

I bet if I told you the concept of the Switch and Nintendo making iOS/Android games 2 years ago you would also say that's impossible. 

No, because the Switch is a very typical Nintendo thing to do. Does Nintendo really make android games? I'd say they make experiances, little bite sized games on the go. But Nintendo isn't stupid. The mobile market is very volatile and not a steady source of revenue that'll last a developer forever.

All the more reason to have multiple revenue streams. 

They can have mobile (iOS/Android) as one pillar. Switch hardware as another. A deal with MS or Sony as another pillar. And then movies/theme parks as another one. 

That would give them enough flexibility to weather just about any storm, since it's unlikely all four pillars would suck gas at once. 

IF Nintendo was actually offering a "traditional" console that was directly targetting Sony or MS' userbase that would be a different story, but I really don't see the Switch doing that at all. It's like saying the DS was competing head on with the PS3 or Vita/Vita TV was competing with the XBox One. 

These are such distinct different markets now all having a few Nintendo IP on a Playstation 5 or Scorpio would do is make new fans for Nintendo who would then buy a portable Switch to go with their Playstation or Scorpio and how's that bad again?