Dr. Mario!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/t...ef-announces-foray-into-health-care.html?_r=1
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So Nintendo should produce cheap iOS games and hope they sell better then hardware and premium titles? Think about it, you can't sell a game on iOS for $40. Nintendo would have to sell millions of controllers and millions of copies of every game to make more money then they already are. They'd also be locked into another companies eco-system. Apple changes the iPhone design? Nintendo has to produce all new controllers and convince it's customers to replace them. People drop iOS or Android? Business model collapses. I can't imagine why any company would willingly enter into that type of agreement. The risk of failure is so much higher than it is now and they'd have to give up most of what makes them who they are.
What don't you guys understand? Nintendo's home console days are over. There hand-hend days are soon to be over within the next 5 years, when every child is born with either an iOS or Android device in hand.
Their business model has been collapsing. No, you don't need to sell a game on iOS for $40. Is it just me, or companies making hundreds of millions with fruit games? They could sell their games for $4.99 and with IAP for "coins," especially for Mario games, they could make billions.
All that R&D for their hardware, all that overhead, that would be gone. They would become a software business, making some complimentary hardware.
OR, they stop with the furballs, and try to compete with Microsoft and Sony for a real home console. Other than that, they are just living in holding pattern, and soon to run out of fuel.
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Nintendo could pull all this crap back in the day when it was only Sega they were battling against for all the marbles. Now they have Sony and Microsoft, who are much bigger foes, and have well-established console systems.
There is not one person out there who could say otherwise that Nintendo's offerings have been gimmicky and jokes compared the previously mentioned two companies.
Why is Nintendo content on "just getting by" with a joke of a system. With the Wii, they waved the white flag and I fear it's the last flag they'll ever wave.
They are having issues selling 3DS units as well. So if the Wii U was a bomb, and the 3DS is on a the way down, how are they going to make their money? Wii V and a 4DS? Everyone needs to be fired and a new business plan drawn up ASAP.