| Barkley said: If the NX sells less than 15 million units Nintendo are out. |
That's a pretty low bar.
Soundwave said:
That's a pretty low bar. |
Yeah i'd be very surprised if it doesn't make it, but if the NX IS another WiiU I don't expect Nintendo to continue in the home console business. Their reputation has already taken a hit, two failures in a row is the nail in the coffin as far as that particular sector is concerned.
I don't expect the NX to be a failure though, but then again most people didn't expect the WiiU to be a failure.
Barkley said:
Yeah i'd be very surprised if it doesn't make it, but if the NX IS another WiiU I don't expect Nintendo to continue in the home console business. Their reputation has already taken a hit, two failures in a row is the nail in the coffin as far as that particular sector is concerned. I don't expect the NX to be a failure though, but then again most people didn't expect the WiiU to be a failure. |
What if the NX is a cross platform with handheld and home console versions like most speculate? How in the hell would they only sell 15 million with handheld and home system combined? Perhaps the home system might sell less than 15m but any Nintendo hand held shouldn't have a problem reaching 40-50m.
People should stop being stupid about Pokemon Go. It's great for Nintendo because they are diversifying their portfolio (console + handheld + mobile). It also is bringing a great deal of attention to the Pokémon franchise that, with the right marketing, can be pretty easy to convert to more console sales, more games (for handheld/console) sales and more merch sales.
| Soundwave said: "Always" is a loaded term. Either that or I think mobile devices like smartphones in 10-12 years time will be able to basically run almost any type of game. It's very possible if you're in the your mid-20s right now that your future kids will look at the idea of "video game console" as something laughable by the time they are age 10+, the same way you laugh at your parents for having a record player or 8-track to listen to music. |
What asshole laughs at their parents for not having tech when they were younger?
I agree with the sentiment, though.
sethnintendo said:
What if the NX is a cross platform with handheld and home console versions like most speculate? How in the hell would they only sell 15 million with handheld and home system combined? Perhaps the home system might sell less than 15m but any Nintendo hand held shouldn't have a problem reaching 40-50m. |
My statement is irrelevant if the fusion concept is indeed real.
I expect Nintendo's next handheld to sell less than the 3ds, as I believe the dedicated handheld market is in decline. However if the NX is a fusion concept then that logic wouldn't apply as I don't believe such a system would be affected by the apparent decline in the handheld market.
Basically sales wise I believe.
NX(Non-fusion) > WiiU
Nintendo's Next Handheld (Non-fusion) < 3DS
Nintendo Fusion > 3DS
Totally agree, even "always" is some how vague statement, because we don't know how exactly consoles will be look in 10-20 years, but I am pretty sure Nintendo will most likely be last that will release some kind of dedicated gaming platform.
My post from other thread:
Nintendo taking money whenever they can not only on software, especially this gen: hardware, software, Amiibos, toys, mobile games, themed parks, movies...so its very obvious they expanding their company and their business to different markets, they will definitely not abandon everything else and just to be focused on software, that includes hardware market also.
Nintendo is multi billion company with long history, they will definitely not change their strategy so easy just because current success of one mobile game. Pokemon Go is maybe current goldmine, but what will be in year, two, 5 years from now, if will still be gold mine, why would they close itself possibilities of choices and opportunities for hardware and console gaming just because current success of one mobile game when they dedicated platform still make profit even when they have basically the worst generation. And Nintendo is company that like to have possibilities and full control, they will definitely not become only software company, they expanding their business to toys, mobile games, themed parks, movies...they want to be more like Disney or Apple, they definitely not aiming to be just onother 3rd party.
The idea that they should "leave" other areas of business to focus on mobile is fundamentally stupid. Regardless of what you think of the hardware, console software or mobile software, you should be able to understand that the three are very different business and skills. It's not like you can take a fellow off of designing the SNES Mini and get him working on Mario Go. Completely different areas. The same is almost as true as saying the person programing the wind in Zelda should be working on Miitomo instead. Very different skill sets and you don't jump from one of the other. So you could say that Nintendo should expand its mobile business. You could say that Nintendo's hardware sucks. But the two are not related in any way, and taking from one does not help the other.
Ideally, I would say Nintendo should be looking to grow all areas of buisness. If they're not trying, they suck. They should also look to build synergy with their core gaming business and mobile titles like Go.
| Ka-pi96 said: I hope you're wrong. I think they're kind of bad at it, so the sooner they let other people make the hardware and just focus on the software the better. |
And for the most part, Nintendo currently makes quality software so...
Software sells hardware.
Nintendo software is built with the uniqueness of their hardware in mind.
Their hardware is always a profitable business for them in the long-term.
I don't see any reason why they should ever stop producing hardware.
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