Earlier this week Nintendo unveiled its Q1 financial results, which matched the company's modest targets and brought a welcome profit. Following those results share prices have shown a positive spike upwards, passing 22,000 Yen.
Bloomberg has consulted some financial and industry analysts, who've given their perspective on Nintendo's financials and the reactions of investors. As has been the case for quite a while, some of Nintendo's profits are reliant upon favourable Yen exchange rates; Makoto Kikuchi, chief executive officer of Myojo Asset Management Co, makes that point while calling on Nintendo to move swiftly in appointing a permanent company President following the passing of Satoru Iwata earlier this month. At present Genyo Takeda and Shigeru Miyamoto are leading Nintendo on an interim basis.
The impact from the yen was even more than expected, helping the company beat market consensus. They need to move quickly to decide on new leadership that can set a clear direction for the company going forward.
Even accounting for exchange rate benefits, however, Nintendo's results did surpass analyst estimates in terms of operating income and net profit. That's brought confidence, and as has been the case for much of this year there's a great deal of faith that Nintendo's first smartphone game - produced in partnership with DeNA - will be a key moment for the company. Atul Goyal, an analyst at Jefferies Group LLC, has said the following.
The turnaround will happen after Nintendo has launched its first smartphone game. From here onwards, it is well positioned to regain previous highs in profits and the stock price, if it executes half as well as it's capable of.
Overall, Nintendo's recent results have brought positivity among investors. The present may only have modest successes, but there's optimism of a bright future for the company.
[source bloomberg.com]
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Well, good for Nintendo.
The first Nintendo.... shudder... Smartphone game... With the end of Iwata comes the end of Nintendo as we knew it.
I personally believe an awesome mobile game would be an Legend of Zelda strategy game that's similar to Clash of Clans.
@PlywoodStick Nintendo will live on. BUT, stocks going up speak for themselves... they are happy Iwata kicked the bucket. I worry a little bit about smart phones, but I think it just means by next generation there will be 2 platforms.... NX and mobile.
Pfft... Analysts. The weathermen of the business world.
I can't say for sure that I like the direction things are going in...
Takeda and Miyamoto shared the same vision of Iwata, so I'm not really worried about the future. But to me, Takeda is a better choice than Miyamoto to be the head of the company;
@Moon Only time will tell how things turn out...
@XCWarrior I don't think they are happy Iwata died. I certainly don't see anybody saying that. But he lead them to a great Q1 and it shows. I'm an investor and this is the first good news I've had about Nintendo since Iwata died. I'm glad his last days at the company were so strong. People were calling him a bad leader for such a long time after the Wii U launched and I think this is proof on his memory that he was not.
As long as they keep buttons in the family I'm not worried. A,B,X,Y are all I need to see to know the world isn't ending :]
Nintendo have seen growth over the past two years and this year isn't even over yet. Nintendo is looking strong at the moment and their business model might be working in the long run.
@PlywoodStick It was Iwata's plan. And there are plenty of great games on phones, such as anything by Kairosoft.
@XCWarrior They are happy about the fiscal results...which came about under Iwata-san's leadership.
@PlywoodStick
There are good Mobile Games. Besides, they play a lot like the classic arcade games of the 80s, just replace quarter guzzler with micro transactions
If NX takes off i'm quite hopefull for the future of nintendo, they seem to be embracing new ideas which has long been their problem, I've got a good feeling and we havent even seen it yet
Whereas I'm not overly excited about Nintendo mobile games, it's stupid to say mobile games are bad per se. There are games that work on these mobile platforms. Those games are rare, yes, but they do exist.
Good to see N making profit but to a gamer (customer) that doesn't really mean anything.
Ah... financial and industry analysts; those revered, under-paid clairvoyants.
/s
Stock rises and falls happen very quickly after a piece of news. Immediately if the market is open, the next morning if it's not. This is about the profits they announced yesterday, and definitely not due to Iwata's death.
On the other hand, I really don't understand how anyone could call yesterday's figures great, or proof Iwata was doing well right now. For a pretty large company that's seen such high sales of titles like Pokemon and Smash Bros, along with a slice of the huge sales from Monster Hunter and Yokai Watch, and the amiibo success, it's a very, VERY small profit indeed.
This is an 8% jump, typical at the end of a quarter when profits are announced. It's nothing compared to the jump of over 30% when they announced they were making mobile games.
They are putting quite a lot of faith in these smartphone games.
@XCWarrior Please choose your words more carefully ..
I think that there has been a decent amount of time since Iwata San's Passing. So I think that there should be no problem for Nintendo to Elect a new President.
@FLUX_CAPACITOR Great posts.
@Takerkaneanite6 from a business stand point, maybe a few more weeks at least. From a human viewpoint, his body isn't even in the ground a week today, few more months.
I'm excited to see what mobile games they come up with, but clearly these will not be aimed at us, it's for a broader casual audience.
In the midst of sorrow, a few rays of light.
Iwata did manage to steer Nintendo back towards profitability.
I personally think that Iwata was assassinated by the shareholders. Even if indirectly, they gave him so much stress that it caused the cancer.
@Nintendian
Stress can cause depression, loss of hair, and ulcers, but not cancer.
In all likelihood, the reason some investors kept asking him to step down is because they knew how ill he was.
I wish these analysts would just go already......why the hell do we need them? They don't get stuff right. That Micheal Patcher keeps saying "Mobile is the future, Nintendo needs to go Mobile!" And yet we don't want them to move to mobile because of how successful their console market really is.
I'm pretty sure that Nintendo is not gonna be like Sega releasing smartphone games. They know very well the value of their IPs and will not release games that will avoid users from buying NX. (Eg.: if they release a great Zelda game for Android, it may be a success, but at the same time it will be the cannibalization of home consoles... "Well, I have a PS5, if I want a new Zelda game I can play on my smartphone". But games that are NOT system sellers would be great, like Dr. Mario, Yoshi's Cookie, Kirby's Avalanche (being a new candy crush, who knows?)...
@FLUX_CAPACITOR Before he passed away, especially last year, there were concerns the stock investors wanted Iwata out. Does no one remember these? Everyone's got a short term memory. The board/stock holders are going to hope that someone with mobile in their mind takes over.
You know; I'm kinda worried Nintendo might now go even more so down some entirely misguided/wrong path and turn into something that most of us passionate hardcore gamers, at least, can't genuinely love anymore.
Nintendo needs to be like the next Disney imo, not like say...King or Tiger Electronics...or whatever company that regularly makes a profit but just churns out casual throwaway cash-grab pop-culture-trend crap that anyone with any real taste, passion, heart and soul doesn't really give a genuine sh*t about.
God, I hope there's enough people at Nintendo in positions of power who know how to make decisions that aren't just good for its short term profits and bottom line but that actually allow Nintendo to continue to be at the top of the industry in gamers minds and hearts, and maybe even broader entertainment in general too (branching out into QUALITY movies, animation, comics, toys, board games, theme parks...), for many more years to come.
@PlywoodStick I agree. Mario in microtransaction-filled botched games will be the end of Mario.
I'm glad that these comments are A bit positive for A change
@PurpleSquirrel64 Not mine!
But that's par for the course for me lol
@Kirk It's a shame that Nintendo is kind of a joke in the gaming industry at the moment.
Edit: Nonetheless this is a good sign for Nintendo.
This was a great achievement for Nintendo. All analysts predicted losses but Nintendo came through and the stock rise to the level of two months ago after which it had problems. With new hardware looming and the smartphone business these are good times for Nintendo stock indeed.
This is good news, people. What the f*** is with all the negativity? I actually just wanted to post: "and so it begins... " to mark the slow but steady uprise that I'm pretty confident we're going to see happening from now on, but my disgust for all the negativity prompted me to emphasize what this article is about, and that can only be seen as a good thing, even if it is only a modest rise, it's still a positive thing.
@XCWarrior no... The only people calling for his resignation were gamers (not business folk, not Board members, just some folk that waste time posting hate) on this site along with other forums... All of them not investors or even knowledgeable in business (and no, owning stocks does not make you knowledgable)... All because they didn't like The way a game looked, or that a game was late to the market... The investors were quite happy before he passed away. Let's not forget, that although the Wii U was not as successful as we would like it to be, the 3DS more than makes up for it. This is not just about home consoles any longer. Mobile is where it's at, Iwata saw that, and changed accordingly. And if they wanted Iwata out so bad as you stated, why didn't they just vote him out?
@XCWarrior Wow, I'm sorry to say this, but besides it being very short sighted it was also incredibly rude and disrespectful to say something like that. I don't even know you, but I couldn't imagine saying something like that about you.
And you were wrong: after having received a proposal from Mr. Isao Moriyasu, president of DeNA Co., Ltd., to use Nintendo IP in their mobile games, it was Mr. Iwata that initiated the negotiations with DeNA, so it was him that has set the whole Nintendo IP on mobile in motion and since then, stocks have been on the rise, resulting in what is written in the article above. That stockholder story you mentioned was just one of the many, many false rumors and has long since been debunked. It was actually just shareholders not being happy with the company as a whole, not specifically with management and/or Iwata and it was over a year ago.
According to official transcripts, negotiations with DeNA already began in 2010. From an interview with TechCrunch (March 17th, 2015):
@TheRealThanos You act like I wanted him gone.
Stockholders want to make money. That's why they have stock in the company. Nintendo did not make money for 3 years. When that happens, stockholders want changes made.
I'm sure on the outside they were sad, but on the inside they were like, "Finally, we get somebody in there who will go mobile." Yes, Iwata was making the steps toward mobile, but they had, what 2 games planned for this year? Don't be shocked if in 2016 we see a LOT more production and energy sources go toward mobile vs their handhelds/consoles.
@XCWarrior That's not what I implied, I just thought that saying it like you did was rude, and I don't think people were relieved that because of his passing, someone else would take his place.
As far as stockholders are concerned, @Platypus101 already correctly explained that, so their influence would literally be null and void, since any idiot with a single share could voice his or her opinion, but that isn't going to change one iota in the way things are done by Nintendo's management.
I could copy/paste some relevant articles that I found earlier with conclusive info on that while I was looking for that TechCrunch interview that I quoted, but it's very well documented so you can easily find the exact story online for yourself.
As for the mobile games: in partnership with DeNA, there are only 5 games planned in total, until 2017. And only one will be released this year.
So yeah: I will definitely be surprised if that changes, since they need all their efforts to make both the NX and the Quality of Life project a success. It is true that once things are up and running on mobile, they will only act as advisers, but to get things started, they would have to get involved to set things up right and that is why only a modest amount of mobile games will be released.
The only reason for me NOT being surprised to see more mobile Nintendo games would be if they are going to be really successful in that area and then it would of course be very stupid not to capitalize upon that success.
@TheRealThanos I get what you are saying, but I"m saying things are going to be different in 2016 once the successor is named. Unless they name some old timer that likes things the old way, but he'd probably be a stop gap.
I'm going with my eyes on this. During the DS era, if I went to an event, I saw like a dozen kids playing their DS at it. Now, out of 12 kids, 11 are playing on their smart phone, maybe one with a DS. If I'm lucky that 1 kid will have a 3DS.
Iwata's passing is going to speed up a pretty big shift in Nintendo. Will it be good or bad? I dunno. But it's going to be big, and his death accelerated that change in my mind.
I almost forgot about Quality of Life. And now that we know about Iwata's health problems, he was the forerunner on that. I don't expect that to survive long without him at the helm... again unless the person taking over has a very similar mindset.
@XCWarrior
I don't think they're "happy Iwata kicked the bucket".
I think they're "happy Nintendo made a lot of money, even more than expected. And that was under Iwata's leadership.
If what you're saying we're true, it would have happened when the news broke of his death, not news of Nintendo's large profits.
@JaxonH Read comments above... you're a bit late to the convo. They mostly made money b/c of amiibo. WiiU and 3DS basely led to a break even point. The more than expected was people's insane desire to own plastic statues, not play their games.
@XCWarrior
Doesn't matter.
Money is money, regardless of how they made it.
And amiibo, again, was a result of Iwata.
The people who were calling for him to step down only did so impulsively. Neglecting the successful turnaround of Wii when he took over after Gamecube, ignoring success of DS, ignoring success of 3DS, and ignoring the success of amiibo.
One bad selling console and all the other record breakers mean nothing to those people. Those calls were ignorant, and they see now that EVEN with one of their worst selling consoles, Iwata still knew how to turn it into a profit.
The next guy could ruin the company for all anyone knows.
@TheRealThanos @XCWarrior with all due respect (to both of you as well as the Japanese culture) that we all have to remember that this is still a Japanese company. They will not tolerate a big shake up, regardless of how much money is to be made... It's just not their way. They will more than likely pick from their ranks and "steer the course" as it were. 😕
@JaxonH that last sentence there... Scared me.
@Platypus101 Agreed... to a point. Look what Sony did. Major overhaul with the PS4 because what they did with PS3 didn't work. I'm just saying with a new CEO, they aren't going to simply stay on course. New guy in charge, he'll have his own ideas. Things will change.
@JaxonH Let's say you owned a business that sold 3 things. One sells about what you hoped. One sells less than you hoped. One sells insanely well. You are going to say things are going well, BUT in the future, which product are you going to focus on?
@XCWarrior
Dud consoles happen. Look at Vita (Sony) and the original Xbox (MS).
It happens, even to the best.
@JaxonH "The next guy could ruin the company for all anyone knows." I hope the next guy does a better job then Iwata,cause that man was going to burn that company to the ground. You can say they got money but from toys not from games or consoles except the 3DS.
@XCWarrior I see we're on the same page... My concern is, like @JaxonH stated earlier, new guy could tank the company as well. that's always an option (not one we want to hear, but an option nonetheless)
@JaxonH Nintendo is kind of special case to be honest. They seem to take a high risk, high reward type of approach with their consoles. So it's no wonder they get duds like the Wii U, but they also massive successes from it like the Wii.
@TwilightAngel
I think your definition of "burning a company to the ground" doesn't line up with everyone else's.
Cause from what I see, Iwata made Nintendo 10x more money than he list them, maybe even 50x.
Doesn't sound like burning a company to the ground to me
@Platypus101 No matter what happens, the company will not go into the ground. They have a ton of assets. Is it going to change? Yes. Die? No. in the end, I still expect them to put out fun games.... it just might be in new forms.
@TwilightAngel Glad someone agrees with me. And toy fad will die off eventually... or they'll make Pokemon ones and take over the world. Like seriously, where are the Pokemon amiibo. They don't need functionality with a game. People just want the statues. Realize this Nintendo!
@JaxonH Yes, and Sony is done with handhelds. Xbox outsold the Gamecube. It didn't do 360 numbers, but it was going to make a loss b/c MS was new to the market and they made lots of great changes with 360. That was their learning console.
@XCWarrior
There's always reasons. Nintendo has reasons too. Nintendo's first console did well- so did Sony's. Yet MS didn't. And no one knows if Sony is done with handhelds, all we know is they're done with Vita. Until they say "we aren't making any more handhelds", there's no reason to think they won't make another
@XCWarrior My money is on Genyo Takeda. Miyamoto is too much of a creative mind to be a CEO. He would probably be able to do it, but he is at his best on the work floor, interacting with the developers. Even though he hasn't been at the top of his game as much as he used to, I still expect some pleasant surprises from him in the years to come.
If it is going to be Genyo Takeda, then he will just continue on from where mr. Iwata left off, as has already been reported (also here on NLife in a previous article). Mr. Iwata has carefully outlined plans for several years to come before his passing and both Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto have explicitly stated that they would execute these plans according to that schedule, so we can more or less assume that these plans are set in stone.
@Platypus101 I fully agree, but then I already did, so I think you misread me. I've always defended Nintendo's way of doing business, and over the past few days I've done so again in several articles. Also from my own point of view because I know a little bit of doing business with Asian companies myself, so I can relate to their way of seeing things to a certain point.
@JaxonH Fully agreed. Mr. Iwata (or rather: Nintendo as a whole) may have made some mistakes, but he did way more good and/or brilliant things in comparison, and we will probably get to see some more of his ultimate vision in the years to come.
@JaxonH Nintendo reported a loss of 457 million dollars in 2014. Yeah Iwata was doing a great job and was taking down a company. And he made 10x the money? Don't you mean the toys he made what made it? Not the games
@MadAdam81 Good games are just a lot harder to find and often don't make as much money as other crappy 'addictive' games.
@TwilightAngel
And go take a look at the BILLIONS made.
And dang right he made money with toys. You act like that's something to be ashamed of. It's not. Just like Sony didn't make money selling anything other than TV's for nearly a decade. But you're kidding yourself if you think that's the only thing Nintendo has made money on in the last 13 years.
In case you think the Wii never sold 40 million copies of Mario Kart, or however many tens of millions of copies of Smash.
Or take a look at the scores of 3DS and Wii U games that are million sellers.
To say their games haven't sold is a very ignorant thing to do.
@PlywoodStick What with this elitist view with Nintendo content, can't it be on smartphones because? You own a smartphone, you play content on it, and like Nintendo but want them to ignore this huge market, just out of a twisted sense of pride? And Iwata as Nintendo Global President, led the way in this mobile apps partnership, its his view for the company's future, they' will carrying on when they release the first Nintendo mobile game.
Its really no big deal, the way mobile games are designed it will never be anything that will replace the triple A nintendo games you and me love, its just something that can generate a lot of revenue for them, so it makes sense, in preserving the future of the company and its ability to keep pushing new dedicated hardware along with its software development. The way Nintendo operates they will never release anything on the mobile market that could replace the games they offer on a retail price. And Iwata's death obviously doesn't mean the corporate shareholders will take over the brand, as Nintendo will always have a Japanese person presiding that will be chosen from inside Nintendo.
@JaxonH Is this gen about toys? Am i seeing Sony and Microsoft doing that? Is that something to be proud of? A company making money off toys,but can't make the same money from games that's cute.
@TwilightAngel
This is not fanboy wars here. This is not "nanana boo boo Nintendo had to make money off of toys".
They're making games and they're making money. What else matters. Toys are a smart thing to do, and fans love them (hence 14 million sold).
@Souflee I think it is more that mobile games that arent ports tend to be shallow experiences ladden with microtransactions. Granted that is what the current gen likes so more power to them but I'll stick with my dedicated handhelds. So long as Nintendo brings the quality I'll bring my bank account.
@twilightAngel...they were a toy company before...so return to previous incarnation? Seriously Nintendo just like the other two will try to go where the money is period. And I don't care how they get the fundage so long as I still get quality games.
@JaxonH "This is not fanboy wars here" I didn't say anything that was even fanboy like,so get that out of here jesus. Of course it's a smart thing to do,they weren't making enough money off the Wiiu,so they had to go that route and the mobile route as well. Oh a gen about toys,toys that aren't games toys that aren't different experiences. Toys that just stand there yay.
@Ryu_Niiyama "And I don't care how they get the fundage so long as I still get quality games." Don't say that anything Nintendo releases you guys will eat it up without saying a damn thing. Except that new metroid and animal crossing game(i give you props for that!)
@TwilightAngel
And had they announced they were no longer making video games and instead will make toys, maybe I could see a point somewhere in there.
But they didn't stop making games, in fact the toys are FOR those very games.
So what you're saying makes no sense. Of course this gen is about games. Hence why they're still making games.
At the end of the day, whatever they gotta do to keep those games coming, I'm all for it. And if you like playing fun games, you should be too.
@Souflee To be completely fair, mobile games can totally replace games for consoles and handhelds. Not quality-wise, but from a business standpoint. It is completely possible for Nintendo to pull a Konami and drop console gaming for mobile gaming and other non-gaming ventures.
Obviously, mobile gaming could never replace traditional gaming from a gamer's perspective.
@TwilightAngel
Oh so now I eat up crap? Fantastic logical deduction there. My comment on toys and games equates to me eating up crap and not knowing the difference. Amazing how you derived that.
And what's it to you what I play and enjoy? Worry about yourself. I buy and play whatever I like and enjoy. And I don't need you telling me my preferences are crap, friend.
I eat up only the best, most of which is On Nintendo platforms.
@TwilightAngel
I knew that would ruffle your feathers. THATS how I separate the fanboys.
All you gotta do is tell em you like Nintendo games more than any others. Guaranteed rebuttal every time. As if you had any say at all over what we on this site deem best
@TwilightAngel
Seem pretty upset to me
@JaxonH Why are you arguing with him over this? It seems so pointless.
@Aromaiden
You're right, I'm done
@TwilightAngel Why do the purchase and gaming habits of others bother you so much?
Each to their own my friend... Nobody is being harmed by people enjoying what Nintendo serve up, good, bad or otherwise.
@TwilightAngel
Hmm, only ever say anything positive.
Not true.
I just don't complain much. Unlike some chronic complainers in here (cough cough) where that's all they ever do.
I complain about Nintendo about as much as I complain about Sony on PushSquare, and definitely more than I complain about MS on Pure Xbox.
You can't run that faulty argument on me.
Good for Nintendo. But I genuinely doubt their smartphone game will be a success, it's not like they are making the next Pokemon, Mario or Animal Crossing on smartphone. Probably just a spin-off or just a small experience from a full game (like the barrel flying section on DKC, which will work very well on touchscreen). When that happens, I'm not sure how the investor will react.
Wtf??? What just happened to all the comments after #84?? Cyber-BLP where are you?
@FLUX_CAPACITOR Um...are you sure Iwata wasn't forced to go mobile with Nintendo because of those investor guys at the top?
@TheRealThanos I think BLP and TwilightAngel just erased a couple of their responses and what not.
@Aromaiden and subsequently erased both his original and Cyber-BLP account? Not that I'm stalking him, but I was just about to comment on his new avatar picture since I am a huge Doctor Who fan. I made a small error, refreshed the page and poof! Comments were gone...
@TheRealThanos Wait, he erased his account? I didn't know that. That's terrible .
@Aromaiden Seems like it, but maybe I did something wrong and it wasn't just BLP or Cyber-BLP (I have tried with two hyphen in between and before and after, to no avail)
I think nintendo will be fine in the future. It's true that the Wii U made a lot of mistakes, but everyone learns from their mistakes. Sony learned from the PS3 and I'm sure that Microsoft will learn after this generation. As long as they do not turn out like Sega, in repeating their mistakes over and over, then I think there is room for Nintendo in the console race again. It may not be the NX, but everyone can learn, and one generation they'll have another big hit like the Wii. As for the comment about Disney doing it right, they're not really. If you look into the past up until the early 90's, disney was a big name in film, and recently, they've been struggling with various movies, including some of their animation throughout. It used to be that anything Disney released was a huge hit...sort of like anything that Steven Spielberg released was a box office smash. Times have changed to where those two are not household names anymore. Some times the names can come back into focus, but other times...I'm afraid to say this, they stay away and out of the lime light.
I think nintendo will do just fine coming out (at least I hope), and as what some people are saying about Iwata...he was a good president, really focusing on the games. Even with the Wii U not being the best seller, he still did not give up on it or force it to go into the abyss (like the Dreamcast did and some other systems). Don't forget that they could have stopped the Wii U at any time, but they're not.
Hopefully Nintendo will look at the recent release of Angry Birds 2, which had over 1 million downloads in the first 12 hours when they think about releasing their smart phone games.
@Cyber-BLP-- Please let us know your impressions in the pc section. I am considering upgrading but I'm nervous... I like 8.1 after i figured out how to use it.
@TwilightAngel Say what now? Not really sure how you ran all the way over there to your little conspiracy theory based upon what you quoted from me. I buy what I like. What I don't I vote with my wallet. I don't have time to type up a tirade about how Nintendo wronged me and has abandoned me. Like any other company they have a demographic and product market...if you no longer fit that for whatever reason moving on is way less stressful than attacking others and wishing for some sort of change that you will likely still not be satisfied with. I said what i did because I meant it, and also one more thing: perspective what you find fault in others may not. Perhaps there is a reason people purchase this "crap" you speak of?
@Cyber-BLP-- "and making sure people can't find me elsewhere."
You lost me there... As in: except for on NLife?
By the way: although you have now already read the indirect compliment: nice new avatar pic. Cybermen are definitely in my top 5 of what's cool about Doctor Who...
@The_Dude_Abides
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
@The_Dude_Abides I have my own issues with Nintendo. That doesn't mean that the company lacks the ability to make great games. MS and Sony have their faults as well. It is what it is.
If you really hate Nintendo so much then why bother posting on a nintendo fan site? Just continue to not support the company as you have since the GC day's.
@TheRealThanos I've read Gauntlet, War, and Crusade. What comic is you're avatar pic from?
@Souflee I do have a smartphone, yes, but I don't play games on it. I do a number of other things with it, but not gaming. That's not to say there aren't good games on the platform. I just don't think many of the classics (like the Wario Land series) or bigger titles (many big RPG's) fit as well on smartphones compared to dedicated portable consoles.
I'm also big on DRM-free, which immediately sets me at odds with the official methods and legalities related to buying and downloading games through smartphones. I've never even used the online store, because I know that if I read through the Terms and Conditions, I would disagree with them. (I'm not so much at odds with the... shall we say... unofficial methods, when it comes to smartphones)
I would beg to differ that smartphone gaming would patently not be allowed to replace dedicated portable console gaming. Sega already went that route, Sony is on their way towards that route, Japan in general is on their way towards that route. Nintendo is going to follow suit. The capital alliance with DeNA is such a big deal, that for all we know, the 3DS is going to be the last dedicated Nintendo portable console.
I don't like the direction where this path is going, as someone who has been around since the NES/Game Boy. Maybe I'm slow (or loathe) to accept smartphone gaming, but I don't think that's an elitist trait. Some games do work very well on the platform, especially puzzle and arcade style games. Not everything does, though, and the Nintendo Life community itself has repeatedly noted this.
@MadAdam81 @FLUX_CAPACITOR I know, it just feels like a metaphorical occurance to me.
@XCWarrior I think you're probably right about the NX and mobile, Nintendo looks like they're going to kick their legacy of dedicated portable consoles to the curb once the 3DS has run it's course.
I don't know about the bit you mentioned about investors... That reminds me more of a landscape of political intrigue than market ownership. Investors are usually pretty happy with anything done to appease the market. (With the turn to smartphones and amiibo being exactly the types of moves they wanted)
@Cyber-BLP-- Ah, yes that makes sense. I only gave my Nintendo network and Xbox Live data, since they are exactly the same as my name here, so no secrets there, but no personal data indeed. It's a shame that there's no option on NLife to send PM's to people, since there are some people that I can get along with quite well and it would be nice to not have other people interfere in some discussions. Probably not going to happen, though. Just like adding smileys and text manipulation buttons to the "leave a comment" window. In this day and age, you shouldn't have to add these things manually...
@Cyber-BLP-- You mean the Windows 10 upgrade? I'm not on board with that yet. Running a modified (Black) version of Vista that works great. Gets most of the later updates too. I'm not that into PC, other than surfing and playing some offline games, so I'm not about to give Microsoft all my data. You can switch it all off after install, but during installation, a lot of data will probably already be read, and I don't like that at all.
@Superryanworld Honestly, I haven't got the slightest idea. I used to have a different Thanos avatar pic (something like this, I believe: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051206000315/marveldatabase/images/c/cf/Thanos_002.gif), but somewhere in 2002 I decided to change it, so I just Googled images for Thanos. The fact that I still know when I changed that, is because I still have the original picture on my PC, so I checked the date it was stored on there...
By the way: I can't find the current picture anymore either. Maybe I should take a page from Cyber-BLP--'s book and change it. It's well past it's best before date...
@Cyber-BLP-- Ah, my bad. Following three discussions at once...
Iwata put his heart and soul into directing Nintendo towards this path, perhaps he just left us because he had finished.
Typically only read a few comments to see what the general community are feeling about each article (and also because some good discussions have been brought about). But it's really unnerving reading some the comments, as it generally is with articles on finances.
I'm not going to comment about how "I think" Nintendo will do this or that (Because who knows? A CEO hasn't even been chosen yet so to say that "They will go in the way of mobile for sure" is an empty statement). But I really don't care much either. The future brings what the future brings. Never forget your money speaks louder than your words.
Discussion over "stock spikes after Iwata-san's death" is pretty disrespectful. Show some respect for those who are impacted by the passing of someone, the same you would expect if it impacted you. If you truly believe that, that's your prerogative. But posting it publicly can and will upset a lot of people. Think before you speak, even on the Internet. Have some respect for Nintendo, and the community at large.
Have a nice day, please and thank you
It seems tech investors are rather bullish about Nintendo making games for Smart devices. I think the reason for this is that they anticipate that some or all of these smart device games will be free to start. The whole idea of these games is to give people who might not otherwise look into Nintendo games a taste to get them hooked and then for them to pay up to get access to more content. A game like Pokemon Shuffle is a good example of this even though it copies candy crush almost to the letter. I could picture Nintendo making a mobile version of Mario Kart where the player has the option to pay to unlock more courses/vehicles/characters or they could just get it on 3DS or wii U or NX (eventually). Many smart devices have tilt sensors so that coupled with Nintendo's experience of making games that utilize motion controls should stand them in good stead when making something like a racing game for devices that have so few buttons and which suffer from the use of touchscreen buttons.
@Cyber-BLP-- ah, no wonder I haven't seen you around lately, changed your name and your profile pic, you really didn't want to be found did you? Usually I just change my avatar. Anyway I was driving in the car and realized I hadn't seen you around in awhile, which was weird w/ not 1 but 2 DeNA articles today, and 3 from some VP of sales guy (might be some overlap there). Glad to see you're still about. Oh, and if you like coincidences, started watching the new Dr. Who series w/ my kid last night, plastic mannequins for the win.
@Cyber-BLP-- I've seen most of the David Tenant episodes as I found Torchwood first and worked backwards from there. Didn't like Smith - too young looking to be a Dr - but the new guy seems good so we'll muddle thru 3 seasons of Smith. And everybody tells me you get accustomed to him after a few episodes. My kid could use a good scaring. Lesson for my children today - look up "reality" in the dictionary and the definition says "harsh". My kids will be jaded before their time, but I figure if I can teach them life is harsh early on then I can teach them how to find joy amidst the sorrow.
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