Nintendo's Mobile Games Earned $348 Million in 2018

[haruhiko]

The Switch is a hugely successful platform. Nintendo can focus on its core business with some extra earnings from mobile.

 

[0388631]

This is not a good sign for the gamers. Those freemium games are really a painful sight to see.

You see similar issues with premium games. Triple A games release for around $40-60 on PC and then DLCs come out months later and each one costs anywhere from $10-20. Some games have up to six DLCs before the next version comes out. These are distinctly different from "loot creates" which the EU took issue with.

Regardless, they're all a big rip off these days compared to a decade ago and before. Where a $50 game got you the game, and maybe there would be expansion packs in the years to follow, not a year to follow. And more often than not, they weren't required to keep playing the game. Whereas most DLCs are a "must" nowadays as crowds move to the newer maps and whatnot.

 

[mw360]

The fact that corporations pay their employees wages and that people should enjoy the occasional distraction from the outside world, which I am fully aware of, does not refute my point that money could be better spent in other places where it might make a bigger difference.

Just trying to share an alternative point of view. Hopefully you can understand. 🙂

The videogame industry provides good jobs for thousands of people. If we spent our money on worthy causes instead, they’d all be out of work, and the welfare of them and their families would be one more worthy cause in the line. We’d be spending money on the same people without getting a videogame in return.

 

[k0bayashi]

And not one cent from me. How about you?

Me too.

 

[Tonal]

Oldest title in their offerings. Earnings were higher despite the in-app purchases the other years.

‘Super Mario Run, brought in just $10 million in 2018, down from $31 million in 2017.”

I believe you meant earnings were LOWER, since 10 < 31...

 

[Mike MA]

‘Super Mario Run, brought in just $10 million in 2018, down from $31 million in 2017.”

I believe you meant earnings were LOWER, since 10 < 31...

Actually I mean exactly what I have replied when talking about the previous years. Give it another try and read the complete conversation 😉

 

[progx]

Glad to see their able to make a little bit scratch off the mobile market. However, the Switch is printing money, so Nintendo will always give mobile gamers an appetizer.

 

[LethalOptical]

So this is why the new Smash Bros is half Fire Emblem generic anime characters.

Tapping the Otaku demographic hard.

 

[fairuz]

The videogame industry provides good jobs for thousands of people. If we spent our money on worthy causes instead, they’d all be out of work, and the welfare of them and their families would be one more worthy cause in the line. We’d be spending money on the same people without getting a videogame in return.

Nah, they can build things besides video games. At least in the US. We have a labor shortage.
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This is not a good sign for the gamers. Those freemium games are really a painful sight to see.

It's fine. Nintendo's always been the one non-shortsighted video game company, since the 80s. They won't ruin their brand like everyone else did (especially Sega).

 

[B4U]

Nah, they can build things besides video games. At least in the US. We have a labor shortage.
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It's fine. Nintendo's always been the one non-shortsighted video game company, since the 80s. They won't ruin their brand like everyone else did (especially Sega).

Sega is out there to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog. But if Nintendo is gonna follow the freemium business model, it would be a very sad day.