You know, I would love it if Nintendo entered the mobile market with versions of their major franchises... and then released their software exclusively on Android platforms just to piss people like this guy off even more lol.

I don't know where that theory comes from. The same people that are using smartphones are the same people using 3DS, or that used gameboys, or PSP before. The only difference is a lot of those people have moved to smartphones, because they just offer more, and for many the minimal to decent games available are enough to get them through the day.

That does not mean that a massive amount of those people are not looking for a quality gaming experience from their phone. Many people are ready and willing to lay down $40 dollars for a mobile game at the same quality as Nintendo or Sony's handheld offerings. 

If Nintendo just tested the waters with an old title, then they would see the massive potential they are throwing away. If they put up Pokemon Red for $20 it would outsell these new Pokemon games by 10 fold, if they put it up for $5 it would sell 50M easily.

I understand Nintendo, I have watched the industry for 20+ years. If that is what they are happy with more power to them, but when does it get to the point were they are just to small? Is 8 Million consoles, and 20 million handhelds going to be enough as there userbase continues to diminish?

There are a lot of people out there that are fans of a Nintendo franchise. I myself love Pokemon, and Mario Kart, but very rarley by another title from them. There are a lot of people in a similar situation. They like Mario or Zelda, but that is it. Nintendo is asking people to make a $150 handheld investment, and a $250 console investment in devices to play potentally 1 or 2 $40 -60 games on. These same people already have a $400 console and a $400 smarphone that they do everything else with. 

If Nintendo really loves games, and wants to make the world happy by bring their visions to the people, then they need to go were the people are. No one will ever forget that they revived this medium, but but if they are unwilling to adopt, that and the rest of the company is going to sit comfortably in a history book somewhere in a smartphone web browser near you.

Or maybe he's heard some news we haven't yet... heh. In all seriousness, though, there are ways Nintendo can enhance their brand in mobile gaming without resorting to microtransactions and shovelware. Let's se what they do in 2015...

Ah... the idea that the mobile market is the same as the portable market.

Its sad to see this kind of artcile, and person that just doesnt get it. Nintendo is not the kind of company that strives on fooling as many suckers as it can by any means possible for a short term result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0

Some kind of problem here, videos don't show up & older post with in it aren't showing either, though it appears in the preview... weird!!!

Wow, trolling Nintendo on Yahoo must bring a lot of clicks.

Nintendo already had enough shock-therapy already, give them a break.

Why wouldn't Nintendo want to enter a medium where Apple utterly and unequivocally dominates so they could be an even bigger underdog than they are in the home console market? Gee, I can't imagine why. This article is so laughably stupid. The portable gaming market is still printing money for Nintendo this gen, why throw that all away for something that would be a huge risk? Especially since most Nintendo fans have made it clear they have no interest in dumbed down "tap-tap-tap" mobile versions of their great IPs.