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A lot of this is not really structured it's just a bunch of thoughts I want to share with everyone. This guy may say he loves Nintendo but I really don't think

A lot of this is not really structured it's just a bunch of thoughts I want to share with everyone. This guy may say he loves Nintendo but I really don't think he's a gamer. He seems to be looking at it from the smartphone market point of view. The author compares Nintendo to Nokia and Blackberry; phone companies that barely even touch console or mobile gaming. Nokia and Blackberry lost a lot of market share but to say that Nintendo has fallen off as hard as they have is false. Relative to their markets of course. Why can't console gaming still be a market and co-exist with touch screen games? Is there really only room for one? Just because the PC exists doesn't mean consoles will go to shit or that no one buys PC games. Nintendo does pretty well in it's home country Japan, and I bet in other parts of the world also. The author also neglects to talk about the differences in gaming markets. He seems to think all games and hardware are the same. Handheld games are a market in itself and Nintendo is at the top of it. Just because people own more smart phones doesn't mean they'll buy a Nintendo game on it. What does he care. It's not like he's going to buy "Super Super Mario World TOUCH for iOS" for $30. It doesn't sound like he's a gamer at all and it's sort of offensive when someone who thinks the latest tech will take over doesn't consider the facts or any other factors. Think about, why would you give in to your "competition" and make games for their "console".

light3 13y ago
>why would you give in to your "competition" and make games for their "console" Because these general purpose "consoles" have grown tremendously in power while decreasing in cost, they have the potential to take market share from Nintendo. Nintendo consoles used to be one of only a few avenues for kids to play games. today there are smartphones, tablets and PCs which all have comparable price to the gaming console.
Steko 13y ago
"Why can't console gaming still be a market and co-exist with touch screen games?" It can it'll just be a tiny market and any sensible company that wants to keep making big boy profits will have to be part of the larger market. There's still a few companies that make pagers, they just don't sell 50 million a year like they did in 1990. "Handheld games are a market in itself and Nintendo is at the top of it" They are now in 3rd place. Standalone handheld gaming devices are under the same pressure that point and shoot cameras and portable music players and all sorts of other devices are under. "why would you give in to your "competition" and make games for their "console"." Because your consoles flopped and you can make more money that way. Sega did it. Atari did it. NEC did it.

light3 13y ago

>why would you give in to your "competition" and make games for their "console" Because these general purpose "consoles" have grown tremendously in power while decreasing in cost, they have the potential to take market share from Nintendo. Nintendo consoles used to be one of only a few avenues for kids to play games. today there are smartphones, tablets and PCs which all have comparable price to the gaming console.

Steko 13y ago

"Why can't console gaming still be a market and co-exist with touch screen games?" It can it'll just be a tiny market and any sensible company that wants to keep making big boy profits will have to be part of the larger market. There's still a few companies that make pagers, they just don't sell 50 million a year like they did in 1990. "Handheld games are a market in itself and Nintendo is at the top of it" They are now in 3rd place. Standalone handheld gaming devices are under the same pressure that point and shoot cameras and portable music players and all sorts of other devices are under. "why would you give in to your "competition" and make games for their "console"." Because your consoles flopped and you can make more money that way. Sega did it. Atari did it. NEC did it.