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LurkerJ on 19 December 2016
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superchunk said:

Because it is iOS exclusive which is not the biggest market and its not a free app.


Nintendo should have put it out on Android and iOS and made it a $4.99 app or free with ads/in-game purchases.

Silly Nintendo thinking the mobile market buys games/apps similar to consoles.

 

It'll take off once it launches on Android.

The biggest market in terms of App revenues is iOS, not Android. Launching the game on Android will double the addressable market at best. A lot of games release on iOS first, this is Nintendo doing what others do, including MicroSoft. I've been using Gboard for months, a Google app that was just released for Android.

I am fine if the game flops, Nintendo is experimenting after all. But why are we assuming it's a flop with no official numbers available? The game is still no.1 on many top-grossing charts, and there are countries in which the game isn't available yet, including iOS biggest market; China. 

You can release a game with a 10 dollars price tag then make it free with ads. But you can't release a free game with ads then price at 10 dollars. Nintendo is experimenting the right way.