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ThePyroPath on 27 November 2014

Yes, great idea, because all people who buy a smartphone or a tablet use it to extensively play games! Even better, let's drain those machines with little storage (I take my MP3 collection with me, so every size of storage is too small) of even more storage! YES, let's slurp more battery life from that already crazy powerhungry and low battery time device. Absolutely, Let's sacrifice physical controls supported by touch and motion for smearing our screens with imprecise no real feedback controls. Pure genius! Finally let's jump on that bandwagon where no game developer has ever sustained sales for longer times or where any single hardware seller has ever had a consistent hardware offering for longer than 1 or 2 years. Let's just hop on, on the pure believes that it will sell for the amount of money that's needed because....they say so...

[end of sarcasm]

The ONLY thing I'd ever see Nintendo do is a VC with very, very old games where if you buy it on your portable/home console you'll get it for free or a minor fee on your phone/tablet.

Microsoft is losing money on XBOX like a basket losing water. Sony as a whole is kept adrift by the PS related income. And Nintendo....well is Nintendo and operates like any other company in any other segment doing it's thing and being profitable most of the time. They take pride in what they do and will continue doing so as long as they are alive and can do this. The way THEY want to.



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drake_tolu on 27 November 2014
the_dengle said:


Anfebious on 27 November 2014

Always a pleasure to read this kind of articles.



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

torok on 27 November 2014

Nintendo exec 1: Hey, how Pokemon did this year?
Nintendo exec 2: Well, I think... I think... we have a problem
N1: What happened?
N2: It... it... God, it sold millions, we got a lot of cash. High profits.
N1: No!! It can't be!! How? Now... what we are supposed to tell the shareholders? That we did lots of money? IO can't say that!! They will be pissed off!!
N2: I think we should... I don't know... Stop shipping? Maybe drop the price to 1 dollar so we start losing money per game sold?
N1: Quick, let's do a meeting. We need to stop all this cash coming in!



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

Fusioncode on 27 November 2014

Why are people taking an obvious joke article seriously?

"What could possibly be more delicious than Advance Wars for iPad? An insanely addictive, turn-based strategy game that begs for a connected, touchscreen-based device with a micro-payment system. Who amongst us would not pay $1.99 for new AW campaigns every damn month?"

I mean guys seriously?



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

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GamechaserBE on 27 November 2014
ZTxGhost said:
KBG29 said:
Although this article is a little over dramatic, it is heading in the right direction.The responses on this site are just as outlandish as the opinion posted in this piece.

Nintendo needs to do something while they still have strong brand power. They have no chance against the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and Sony. Sony's smart phone buisness is seen as a massive failure at this point, and they are still selling 40M a year. Samsung and Apple, are selling nearly 40M units a quarter.

All of these devices have multiple full fledged music, movie, TV, and E-book services that Nintendo can never compete with. These plaftorms have an openess that a Nintendo device will never copmpete with. And each new iteration continues to outperform Nintendo hardware with a biggger and bigger gap. The control options are getting much better on many android and apple devices as well.

With Microsoft and Sony pushing more support for gaming out to their smartphones, and extending to outside manufactures, the reason to own a Nintendo device are getting slimmer and slimmer. People can already enjoy PS4 games on Sony's Xperia Z line phones, and PS Now is coming to Sony and non Sony Smart phones starting next year. Microsoft demoed Halo 4 running on the cloud last year, and will be coming with their own streaming based service. Nvidia has a massive push going for game streaming both from home computers, and cloud processing.

So, the two things smartphones were missing (quality games and controls) will be coming in droves over the next year. In return, the two things that kept Nintendo handhelds alive (quality games and controls) will no longer be a meaningful reason to purchase a Nintendo to complement a smartphone.

Then there is their home console situation, but that is another peice for another thread.


Nintendo games will never work on tablet/smart phone. The market and consumer base is just too radically different from their current audience.

Strange because almost everyone agrees that a lot of gamers in Japan went to tablet/smart phone games and they came from consoles/handhelds before.



sethnintendo on 27 November 2014

"Animal Crossing would be a perfect fit for the iPad and the monetization potential of its item collection system boggles the mind."

This person doesn't deserve to live.



vkaraujo on 27 November 2014

On a side note: Who the hell owns the IP?

For what i know Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, GameFreak, and Creatures INC.
That said, Nintendo is the majority stockholder on both GameFreak and Creatures, meaning Nintendo in fact does own the IP, just not directly.

Is that info wrong?



Astrosquall1 on 27 November 2014

Yeah I don't get why execs would expecte Nintendo to make a full shift to phones. Nintendo makes games to make good games, so we buy the sequels and stay with the franchise. Iphone games aren't supposed to be good in any way, if they were they wouldn't make money. Mobile games are all about scamming the player, hooking people with a free game and making them pay for the good stuff, to make the game more playable. The complete OPPOSITE to nintendo's philosophy. Shareholders etc. scratch their head wondering why Nintendo won't make the switch, and I scratch my head wondering WHY they haven't figure out the reason???



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Now that's a signature!

Mystro-Sama on 27 November 2014

Geezuz fucking hell! I hope this is satire. o.o

 

This article is so nauseating I couldn't even finish it.