OTBWY said:
They have made much money actually. Just not the amount they were expecting (for some at least). It doesn't change the fact that Mario Run for example was this years top iOS game. |
Ehh... OK, they did not make anywhere close to what they expected, which means they did not make a lot of money (from Nintendo's perspective). There's not much sense in investing into mobile development, when you can make more money elsewhere.
Secondly, being number one on the online marketplaces, means nothing on Nintendo's scale. The thing is, virtually nobody is making money there. Nintendo is using the mobile marketplace to promote their premium content on Switch/3DS, where their bread and butter is (although, lack of interest on mobile may indicate lack of interest for their console games).
I'm aiming to develop games for mobile (if someone capable of programming is interested in making mobile games on the basis of profit sharing, feel free to PM), and been looking for business opportunities there, and that's what the mobile market looks like. It could be that the investors expect Nintendo to perform like Supercell, that makes hundreds of million of Euros profit on constant basis with their handful of games.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
