Wonder how Nintendo's going to transition after all this console biz.

Maybe instead of hardware, they set up a "service" like the App store or Steam and you can only get their games through that service. Maybe.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Nintendo's been around since 1886. Well over 100 years already.

Are they any well known Japanese companies older than Nintendo? They must be one of the oldest for sure already.

Panasonic (Matsushita) is the closest one I can find, and they were founded in 1918, which means Nintendo pre-dates them by almost 30 years.

It's kinda crazy to think Nintendo was over 100 years old before the Super Famicom/SNES even launched!

it's sad thinking right now. imagine 100 years in the future, aside from these over-population problems/etc and shit, you have to wonder, how will Videogames be then? Miyamoto, as sad as i am while typing this, won't be alive in 100 years. neither will Iwata, Reggie, Aunoma, Bill, heck not even us guys on the forums.

I'm less convinced. Technology is starting to plateau, effects before hardware. It tales a huge difference in hardware to make a noticable difference in the end product. Why would you transfer the computational aspects to a server when the computational aspects are increasingly the trivial part of the equation and it makes it more likely something will go wrong? Chances are, after gen 8 we will see games move away from traditional game controllers in favor of a Nintendo-like attitude toward interaction (Microsoft is already trying with Kinect).

Like I said, the next major step console manufacturers will aim for is virtual reality. The question is if this is twenty years or sixty.

They won't have to last another 100 months to outlive Zynga.

Don't take the 100 years comment literally. The only point he's trying to make is that Nintendo's history and philosophy will guide the company through its struggles in ways that other companies cannot.

We will still use Windows of some sort somewhere in the future. I don't care about Zynga but his statement about Nintendo remains factual. Nintendo won't be going anywhere for years. So many people chant the doom and gloom of Nintendo and their Wii U without mentioning 3DS's massive dominating success and Nintendo's, not only the billions of dollars, but Nintendo's WEALTH. Wealth and riches are totally different concepts even though Nintendo has maintained both in recent years. Still, that was a pretty bold statement though. I just can't wait until Wii U makes a comeback with all those games coming out.

NINJA PLEASE!!!!

Anfebious said: They lasted about a 100 years as of now! I think they can survive another 100

123 to be exact :p