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Wyrdness on 27 January 2017
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bdbdbd said:

Yes, of course. But the issue here is, that I strongly disagree Wyrdness about mobile being a staple, similar to 3DS, for Nintendo. Mobile looks more like a way to have Nintendo's IP's into peoples hands to sell more games, not that different than the amusement parks and cartoons that advertise Nintendo at the same time they're bringing in money. 

Yes, that's what they've been doing with mobile, but it's not a staple the same way as 3DS. Or to put the other way, it's not their another platform. To free up resources to put out more games just doesn't work if all you do is put the resources elsewhere. Unlike mobile, 3DS can generate money with 3rd party sales.

100M isn't really that much when you think of Nintendo's revenue. Of course it's "something", but I think Nintendo is aiming higher. If Pokemon Go was performing above expectations, Super Mario Run is underperforming hugely.

Using mobile to get IPs in peoples hands makes it a staple because one not only is it marketing IPs but it's raking in profit, that makes it a staple in their plans more so than 3DS.

You really don't understand the post do you it's not their platform in the same way as the 3DS it's a complimentary vehicle to run alongside one unified platform, the fact that it's not a hardware platform they have to worry about and only a software one frees up a large number of costs and resources by default. 3DS and Wii U leeched off each other because handheld and console development in today's era is practically the same, eventually development will be identical in future, mobile development is still in the days of the GB era with small teams, cheap costs and low resources required, it allows Nintendo to profit while getting IPs in peoples hands with out the resource drain on their main platform. Teams of a few people can put out a game, what you're arguing doesn't even match the context of the situation.

GTAV's budget was something like 200m so they made half of that in 6 months if the percentage return was low, if a cheap mobile game can make returns of that scale it makes it a significant factor regardless of revenue because end of the day 100m and above is more than what many companies in any industry return in a year let alone a quarter.