Nintendo Share Value Falls After Super Mario Run Release

Super Mario stumbles.

Following the release of Super Mario Run on December 15, Nintendo's shares dropped by five percent, knocking around $1.1 billion off the company's market value. By the time the market closed in Tokyo, share value recovered slightly and it ended the day with an overall decline of around four percent.

This is despite the fact that Super Mario Run reached the No.1 spot on Apple's free games chart in many major markets within hours of its release and, according to some analysts, is predicted to reach around 30 million downloads and bring in $60 million in its first month.

Serkan Toto, a noted video game analyst, previously predicted that Super Mario Run would reach 1 billion downloads "easily," making it one of the most popular smartphone games in history.

Although it is unclear why investors have responded negatively to the title, it has been speculated that the game's premium price tag may be a factor. Although the game is free to download, this version is limited to three short levels. In order to unlock the full game players must pay $10/£8. Even then, the game is quite brief.

Super Mario Run is also only available on iOS platforms. Although Nintendo has indicated that it will launch for Android devices in 2017, a specific release date has not been announced.

Another element of Super Mario Run that has been contentious is its need to always be connected to the internet. This restricts when and where the game can be played, which is somewhat antithetical to the nature of mobile games.

Shares for DeNA, the company Nintendo has partnered with for its mobile titles, also fell after the launch of Super Mario Run. At the end of trading share value had dropped by around six percent.

As of yet, Super Mario Run is not available in China, which is one of the largest mobile game markets in the world.

Nintendo's stock previously took a hit after the reveal of Switch, it's next gaming platform. Its value dropped by 6.5 percent, around skepticism of its ability to reach a wide audience.

In GameSpot's Super Mario Run review critic Peter Brown awarded the game a 7/10, saying it is "on the easy side and bereft of a long-lasting platforming adventure" but also "the sort of game that you'll be happy to have in your pocket."

He continued: "It's easy to fault Run for various reasons, but it's hard to totally lose appreciation for how well it's brought the series' core gameplay to smartphones. Simple controls be damned, Run offers great platforming and that distinct Mario charm that Nintendo's perfected over the years."

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-share-value-falls-after-super-mario-run-r/1100-6446319/

I'm still waiting for the Animal Crossing one.

This is why I said they should've done 10 world's, 99 cents each. It would've attracted way more people

99 cents a world or 9 dollars for all 10

Yeah I think they would have been better off if they had the option of multiple smaller payments.

As I suspected the game is no way near Pokemon Go's level, there are thousands of games already like this on itunes for free lol

As far as we are aware, the game is being extremely well receive, being in the top grossing games in numerous countries.The reason why investors are backing out is most likely because the game has no microtransactions and is pricey.They dont care if the game is fun or if its going to have 100 billion downloads, they care if the profits are going to not only be big, but gigantic.And the profits will be just good.The bigger gain will be to Nintendo, with the brand awareness and possible translation into Switch sales by march.

I mean can we wait for a second here? Game just came out. And no1 expected pokemon go levels of expectations here

Edit: if your so sure i can make a bet that nintendo stocks will be over $35 a share by a week or so? Than you can stop trying to down play the game thats been out for not even a single day yet lol

The free game was downloaded more times than the 10$ game? :O

Who would have expected that?

Someone predicted 300 million $10 sales.

Maybe you missed the thread the other day when some user was saying this will sell over 300 million paid copies lol