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It's like the writer tried to get as much nonsense as possible in his article.
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It's like the writer tried to get as much nonsense as possible in his article.
Gamers prefer playing on their iPhones, iPads, or laptops
Well I was speaking for myself, I like their games just not their post-Wii hardwareOrayn said:But they hate Nintendo's games too.
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Consumers are morons. You'd be surprised how many people think that the iPhone 4 means you're getting Verizon's oft-advertised "4G" internet access.
krypt0nian said:Everyone was giddy with all the Grandma loves Wii mainstream articles.
But now the press has turned and the dark cloud seems hard to shake. Mainstream media is like that. Build them up to tear them down.
Yuripaw said:As an android owner, I just wanna say...fuck iOS. But also fuck that noise about Nintendo ever developing for an iOS or any phone device. No way in hell would I want any of their games to be exclusively touch based controls like that. My phone is fine for a game like plants vs zombies or angry birds. Do I want to play Mario on it? HELL NO
Think: More Farmville, less Mario.
Right. Analysts and investors have guessed, seemingly correctly going by Nintendo's own information, that Nintendo has all but given up on the casual market, therefore there's no reason to assume that Nintendo will get any of the casual market meaning that it is 100% certain that Nintendo will sell less systems and software on all fronts this generation. It's not like they're wrong with that analysis, it's probably 100% true.Angelcurio said:I think that this is a huge part of the problem. I dont't think that shareholders were actually expecting Nintendo to release games on the iphones or the likes, i think the problem is more in line with Nintendo not announcing the type of games that made both the DS and the Wii casual games platforms. While i personally don't enjoy those types of games, it's a fact that games like Nintendogs, Trauma Center, Brain Training and the like were games that actually atracted new people into gaming, and were enjoyed by a much bigger crowd than the clasic hardcore or core gamers.
... or not.Luckyman said:Sony is really going all out hiring PR firms to feed this?
At best the 3DS launch has been typical, at worst it has been below average. Either way the thing is still selling and the game lineup is growing to the point where it would be crazy to ignore it.GeekyDad said:You really think the holiday-season performance is an accurate barometer for the health of the 3DS for a company like Nintendo? Professed Nintendo fan here, but it's how they do during the lean times that best reflects their overall health as a company. The Sega comparison seems way inaccurate, as they were never as big as Nintendo have been in the past five years. But shares dropping off by 50 percent. You only need to look at Wall Street in 2008 to see how even a mammoth company can be reduced to rubble over night.
No doom, but there's definitely cause for gloom right now. All I can say is, it's time for Nintendo to roll up its sleeves and start paddling. Shit's gettin' real.
Diffense said:So we see Nintendo digging in and fighting for the red ocean which makes Neogaf happy.
However, investors who observed the growth during the DS/Wii eras see something different.
StickSoldier said:Why is it that all of these articles are coming out AFTER the games were shown? I'd understand if there were no new games announced, but we have games that normally sell in the millions easily coming out in the holidays. It's fucking annoying honestly.
Infinite Justice said:Yea look what happened to Sony and the PS3.
Shin Johnpv said:Isabel Reynolds really has no touch with reality, or with the mass market that's out there. Like most reporters today, the insane obsession with everything needing to be ios, or similar to something apple is doing has reached pure annoyance level. Maybe different people want different things. Shocking I know.
LeleSocho said:yeah good luck with your AngryBirds-quality game and good luck finding something like Shenmue/ZeldaOOT/Ico on your phone
Couldn't they do both? Catalog titles at x dollars, new releases at y dollars?Penguin said:The thing that confuses me about both articles, is why do they keep on hinting at wanting Nintendo to do free or cheap games.
Wouldn't that REALLY kill their profit margins?
Or is it just confidence that they would sell enough copies at 2-3 bucks to offset the potential loss?
krypt0nian said:Everyone was giddy with all the Grandma loves Wii mainstream articles.
But now the press has turned and the dark cloud seems hard to shake. Mainstream media is like that. Build them up to tear them down.
Mammoth Jones said:This is what happens when Nintendo focuses almost exclusively on casual gamers for so long. Sure, there were some core games but the majority of their focus was the casual market.
You reap what you sow.
Shin Johnpv said:I count at most 11/12 of the so called "not targetted at experienced or enthusiast gamers." games, out of a total output of 65 games. I would not describe 1/6th of anything as a large amount.
Blizzard said:I don't know if it's accurate or not, but according to the other thread the stock price dropped because people knew there would be news (sell on news, buy on rumors), BEFORE the conference itself happened.
I have never bought stock in any company, but stuff like this makes me almost want to buy a bit of Nintendo stock just to see what the price is in January-February 2012.
I think it really becomes a problem when you have companies like Microsoft and Sony spending millions of dollars and completely changing the focus of their consoles to keep up with these trends, and by the time they come out the next big thing is already here.krypt0nian said:Everyone was giddy with all the Grandma loves Wii mainstream articles.
But now the press has turned and the dark cloud seems hard to shake. Mainstream media is like that. Build them up to tear them down.