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fory77 on 22 April 2015

Damn! I didn't know they were that doomed. At this rate they will be more doomed than "Atari" by tomorrow!



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think-man on 22 April 2015

Once ninty destorys the mobile market i think they'd ditch at least the consoles an stick to portable gaming.



 

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JWeinCom on 22 April 2015

Nintendo is certainly not doomed, but the market cap is going to go down from here. I think people are a little overly optimistic about their cell phone business, in that they expect Nintendo to go full mobile. When that doesn't happen, the number will decrease, and may bounce back depending on the NX.



tbone51 on 22 April 2015
think-man said:
Once ninty destorys the mobile market i think they'd ditch at least the consoles an stick to portable gaming.


Or why not with extra profits make a HC that will get alot more support than the WiiU? Or even better the fusion rumor?

Mobile if successful will only mean a better Gaming Market for Nintendo. Nintendo is only missing 1 thing in its HC, and thats support (third party), but if they could get more studios to develope more games, then Nintendo and its consumers are in a much better position!



tbone51 on 22 April 2015
JWeinCom said:
Nintendo is certainly not doomed, but the market cap is going to go down from here. I think people are a little overly optimistic about their cell phone business, in that they expect Nintendo to go full mobile. When that doesn't happen, the number will decrease, and may bounce back depending on the NX.


I know, i dont get why People think Nintendo is going full mobile, unfortunately it will affect this as a whole. Hopefully Nintendo is very successful with Mobile so they can do better in the "Real" gaming department!



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biglittlesps on 22 April 2015
Mummelmann said:
DanneSandin said:
Mummelmann said:


There are two major signs for me that they'll do fine, or even great in the future; one being the fact that they're actually undergoing some rather heavy, and much needed, reform and the other being that they've actually allied themselves with someone who is an expert in a field they're going after. The one major component missing from the equation now is allowing their Western branches much more influence across the board; that's a vital part of remaining relevant and desireable in the Western markets, where they have been seeing the slowest movements lately. I believe this is coming as well, in time.

Nintendo's franchises will fit perfectly on the mobile devices and they do things right, it can become a lasting gold mine. I do wonder what the proponents of the UNITY thread would have to say about it though, since smart devices and the mobile gaming market was described as nothing but a bubble and a fad...

Yes, I completely agree; doing some much needed reforms and partning up with someone that knows the mobile market is all good thing. The question is, how will that help their consoles? Will the reforms transfer to their HW divisions as well? Sadly, I don't see Nintendo trying to cater to the Western markets all that much in the near future. Maybe if Retro gets to do a "Western" type of game and it becomes a smash hit...

I honestly don't know about their consoles, there comes a time when they might be forced to choose between pride and business. Most companies undergo major changes, especially ones as old Nintendo. Peugeot has a really interesting history, for instance (seriously, look it up!).

Microsoft and Sony are not doing what they used to be doing and they probably won't be doing exactly what they're doing now in the gaming industry within a decade or less; it goes without saying that Nintendo should be prepared to adapt and change as well.

I think I wrote in the UNITY thread that the 8th gen will be where they all strived for similarity overall, while the 9th gen will be all about setting themselves apart and they will all be forced to reckon with the blistering pace of the overall consumer electronics market, sooner rather than later, and for now it actually seems like Nintendo are thinking ahead for the first time in ages.
I don't think it can be seen as a migration of their gaming concepts but it is certainly an expansion and they may very well be prepared to focus on profits from sectors that have been, up until now, alien to them.

If Nintendo make it big in the mobile industry, and that seems quite likely from where I'm sitting; Sony and MS better damn well be prepared should they face the need for smarter, quicker and safer revenue for their gaming divisions as well down the line. I believe that Nintendo will be a far more dangerous opponent in the mobile space than they ever were in home consoles. As long as they don't start making phones or tablets; that is a terrible idea imo.

Sony already started Cloud gaming using that they made sure they can sell games still even there is no growth for hardware in future but their software will still sell great using this as they can reach a lot bigger than using their hardware and already did lauch this. Its working very well for now wih tech even there is no growth in it but in future very soon they may able to stream very big library from cloud.

MS also have similar cloud computing and also Minecraft along with Hololens to move forward. Remember Mobile are considered bubble fad by many so it may not have growth and survive longer so once its done Nintendo will have nothing to do, but Sony/MS products can grow as long as Gaming exists using their tech becaues its future proof due to Internet is their platform.



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