Nintendo's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, September 2020

[javi741]

Mostly what I expected. Nothing that really surprised me here.

I'm happy to see that Nintendo still appreciates hardware, I want to see what new hardware ideas Nintendo has that could potentially be groundbreaking like Nintendo's been doing for nearly 40 years now. I love hardware and i dont want to go to a cloud gaming future. While i always believed Nintendo would be the least likely company to potentially move on to cloud gaming or leaving the hardware business, it makes me feel extra assured and relaxed that Nintendo themselves addressed this by stating they're not looking to leave the hardware business anytime soon and still have a ton of faith in the hardware business.
I think its smart Nintendo expands their IPs more outside of gaming since Nintendo has some of the most iconic and unique characters in the world, there's lots of potential to expand Nintendo using their popular IPs.

I also find it interesting how Furukawa mentioned they're going to continue their success with "new hardware" which may hint towards a Switch pro, or at least a new Switch revision in the future. Which I think is likely to happen, potentially as early as next year.

Nintendo seems to continue its blue ocean strategy, which at this point I firmly believe it's the direction they should go. That strategy has proven to be by far the most successful strategy for not only Nintendo, but the industry in general. Ever since Satoru Iwata implemented this strategy Nintendo has seen new heights of success time and time again. There were definitely some mistakes like the Wii U, however for the most part its been wildly successful with the DS, Wii, Switch, and I guess the 3DS as well. If you think about it Nintendo doesn't really have direct competition anymore thanks to them creating their own path rather than following the trends of others.