JLB
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Indeed, specially considering how ugly are Nintendo screens.
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Nintendo backs off on cell phone games
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Indeed, specially considering how ugly are Nintendo screens.
Victoria3D
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...why would I want to play Zelda “on the go” ? I leave the house specifically to take a break from staring at screens. Whipping out a video game in public defeats the purpose of leaving the house.
Portable games are a bizarre phenomenon.
Skelterz
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A lot of people play the machine on the go for a variety of reasons, I’m with you in a sense it’s nice to take a break and enjoy outside but on the way to work depending on travel time the switch kicks ass man.
UltimaKilo
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If I was an investor, this would make me incredibly nervous.
Nintendo doesn’t have any other revenue sources, so it would be hard pressed to survive more than one lackluster console. Had the Switch failed, it would have been catastrophic.
Nintendo is forced to reinvent itself each generation to make money. What happens if the future of gaming is mostly streaming in 10 or so years?
I’m just not certain Nintendo doesn’t has a limited amount of runway left. Of course, I’m not privy to their R&D.
Nintendo doesn’t have any other revenue sources, so it would be hard pressed to survive more than one lackluster console. Had the Switch failed, it would have been catastrophic.
Nintendo is forced to reinvent itself each generation to make money. What happens if the future of gaming is mostly streaming in 10 or so years?
I’m just not certain Nintendo doesn’t has a limited amount of runway left. Of course, I’m not privy to their R&D.
Kamina
Golden Boy
These games need to be developed too. If the development is too expensive and/or the resources are kept from other projects that have better business cases its only logical to stop creating for the mobile phones.
If that happened Nintendo and their dedicated hardware would mop up.
I don't think they're giving up the smartphone market, I see them as saying "don't expect us to do a major expansion in this market."
Starlight Lotice
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Given the Market Value of Nintendo is at an all time high thanks to the Switch, Nintendo can easily tell Investors to go F themselves in forcing them on Mobile in the first place.
Nintendo does what it wants regardless of what Investors say, as they can make money without them, in addition to some of the Nintendo Employees having most % of the shares anyway, it is a "take it or leave it" scenario for the fair weathered Investors who are only in it for profits.
Nintendo does what it wants regardless of what Investors say, as they can make money without them, in addition to some of the Nintendo Employees having most % of the shares anyway, it is a "take it or leave it" scenario for the fair weathered Investors who are only in it for profits.
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Memorabilia
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The lack of a good controller option is the biggest reason I don't bother with any mobile games.
