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Nintendo have some very profitable gacha games, Dragalia Lost, Fire Emblem Heroes.

by jowsie 6y ago

Trasmatta 6y ago
Yeah, as of January of this year, they've made over a billion in revenue with mobile games: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112029/nintendo-mobile-games-revenue-fire-emblem-heroes-mario-run-android-ios https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112029/nintendo-mobile-...
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  Nintendo said earlier this year they were moving away from the mobile market, which is what made me think they didn't see it as a huge success: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-chills-mobile-ambitions-after-animal-crossing-success https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-... I suspect Fire Emblem Heroes is a result of competing interests inside Nintendo. Miyamoto has said publically several times that he doesn't think they should be making games like that—even after Fire Emblem's success: https://gamedaily.biz/article/197/nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-just-did-an-about-face-on-f2p-so-now-what https://gamedaily.biz/article/197/nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto...
  - mcphage 6y ago
    > Nintendo said earlier this year they were moving away from the mobile market, which is what made me think they didn't see it as a huge success I think it has been financially successful—but when the WiiU was failing, Nintendo needed a backup plan, badly. Now that the Switch is incredibly successful, they’re not as desperate for a Plan B, and so mobile ports are mostly a distraction, even if a profitable one. But their biggest bottleneck is time and developers, not money.
    - ungamed 6y ago
      > But their biggest bottleneck is time and developers, not money. I'd -gladly- write games (and software) for the switch if it was a more accessible platform to develop for. Developing software for Nintendos previous platforms was difficult for anyone who didnt have 'connections' in the industry.
      - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
        I believe the GP meant developers within Nintendo, e.g. making first party software.
        darkerside 6y ago
        Yeah, well I'd gladly play basketball for the New York Knicks if they'd just make the hoops more accessible to people my height.
      - onion2k 6y ago
        Register at developer.nintendo.com, download the free tools, and off you go. Switch development is much more straight forward than previous Nintendo consoles. You'll need a dev console eventually which will cost a bit, but you can get quite far before spending anything.
kiliancs 6y ago
Plus the Pokémon games, not directly Nintendo but still.
klmadfejno 6y ago
I play and follow Dragalia Lost. Used to play FEH. It's co-produced by a company called Cygames which makes a number of other gachas. Gachas are kind of scummy, but for what it's worth, Nintendo has pulled the reigns on them pretty hard. They've publically stated they don't want kids spending too much money on the games as it hurts their brand. Cygames has stated they have lost potential revenues due to Nintendo's influence. I think this is true as a free to play player who has pretty much everything in the game and zounds of currency (although it's gotten a little bit stingier now).

Nintendo have some very profitable gacha games, Dragalia Lost, Fire Emblem Heroes.

by jowsie 6y ago

Nintendo have some very profitable gacha games, Dragalia Lost, Fire Emblem Heroes.

Yeah, as of January of this year, they've made over a billion in revenue with mobile games: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112029/nintendo-mobile-games-revenue-fire-emblem-heroes-mario-run-android-ios https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21112029/nintendo-mobile-...

Wowfunhappy 6y ago
Nintendo said earlier this year they were moving away from the mobile market, which is what made me think they didn't see it as a huge success: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-chills-mobile-ambitions-after-animal-crossing-success https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/nintendo-... I suspect Fire Emblem Heroes is a result of competing interests inside Nintendo. Miyamoto has said publically several times that he doesn't think they should be making games like that—even after Fire Emblem's success: https://gamedaily.biz/article/197/nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto-just-did-an-about-face-on-f2p-so-now-what https://gamedaily.biz/article/197/nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto...
- mcphage 6y ago
  > Nintendo said earlier this year they were moving away from the mobile market, which is what made me think they didn't see it as a huge success I think it has been financially successful—but when the WiiU was failing, Nintendo needed a backup plan, badly. Now that the Switch is incredibly successful, they’re not as desperate for a Plan B, and so mobile ports are mostly a distraction, even if a profitable one. But their biggest bottleneck is time and developers, not money.
  - ungamed 6y ago
    > But their biggest bottleneck is time and developers, not money. I'd -gladly- write games (and software) for the switch if it was a more accessible platform to develop for. Developing software for Nintendos previous platforms was difficult for anyone who didnt have 'connections' in the industry.
    - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
      I believe the GP meant developers within Nintendo, e.g. making first party software.
      - darkerside 6y ago
        Yeah, well I'd gladly play basketball for the New York Knicks if they'd just make the hoops more accessible to people my height.
    - onion2k 6y ago
      Register at developer.nintendo.com, download the free tools, and off you go. Switch development is much more straight forward than previous Nintendo consoles. You'll need a dev console eventually which will cost a bit, but you can get quite far before spending anything.

kiliancs 6y ago

Plus the Pokémon games, not directly Nintendo but still.

klmadfejno 6y ago

I play and follow Dragalia Lost. Used to play FEH. It's co-produced by a company called Cygames which makes a number of other gachas. Gachas are kind of scummy, but for what it's worth, Nintendo has pulled the reigns on them pretty hard. They've publically stated they don't want kids spending too much money on the games as it hurts their brand. Cygames has stated they have lost potential revenues due to Nintendo's influence. I think this is true as a free to play player who has pretty much everything in the game and zounds of currency (although it's gotten a little bit stingier now).