Business Insider: Nintendo's stock rose 33% since Friday. It's highest since 1983.
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Basileus777
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The question is if they can continue to reach those type of sales in a shrinking market. If they can, it absolutely continues to make sense to be in the dedicated hardware business.
Well I agree with you there, they should stick with both until the bottom drops out on dedicated hardware.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Hopefully this game is still huge in November. It'd be nice to see how much a successful Pokemon GO affects sales of Sun and Moon.
Dark Cloud
Member
Didn't they say Go and S/M would have some type of functionality between each other?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Maybe? I honestly haven't been following Sun and Moon all that much.
Hopefully they do have plans for both games working together in some way.
reelbigtink
Member
Facebook hitting the real issues:
I'm surprised at the wording here. Mine usually reads "VIDEO SURFACES OF POKEMON GO STRATEGIES".
I grew up with Nintendo and own a WiiU. My resistance to mobile or 3rd party etc.. Is because that isn't "my" Nintendo or how it "should" be played lol. Basically my opinions. I would love to have snes Nintendo back but they have bowed out of the power race and you don't thrive on niche consoles like WiiU. Point is.. If you are a fan of Nintendo.. Just be happy they have a smash on their hands..even if it isn't how you or I would want it, from a business standpoint if someone thinks they will make MORE non-mobile games because of it... Ehhhh.. Expect a ton of mobile development. unlikely this will get people buying new hardware for these ips but they will download the next game on their phone. This game is everywhere.
DecoReturns
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Nintendo philosophy on simple, fun game play makes most of their Ips easy to translate on mobile.
Wario Ware
Rythem Heaven
Mario minigames and other Mario stuff
Mario Kart
Animal Crossing
they could make tons of money here and still perhaps use some of that to make tons of first party games for NX?
Wario Ware
Rythem Heaven
Mario minigames and other Mario stuff
Mario Kart
Animal Crossing
they could make tons of money here and still perhaps use some of that to make tons of first party games for NX?
CharminUltra
Member
Do Zelda Go next, please. Buildings are dungeons and Houses are Shrines; you go inside them and solve puzzles and kill bosses. Break vases and pots to get virtual rupees.
It's going to be fucking great.
It's going to be fucking great.
GamingOblivion
Banned
This pisses me off because Go is such a vapid experience. I hope people leave it in a month like they with Miitomo.
lol nah man, just you know, outside of owning Pokemon, nothing at all.
Why would Nintendo consider going mobile-only when they can use their mobile products to cross-promote/bolster their traditional titles and permeate their brand everywhere, successfully reinvigorating their dedicated gaming business and getting the best of both worlds. Become the biggest player in both the traditional AND the casual gaming space. It would be an actual, true dominance of the video game industry as we currently know it.
...or so that's the theory anyway. I'm skeptical even with Pokemon Go's overnight success but hell, it's a start.
...or so that's the theory anyway. I'm skeptical even with Pokemon Go's overnight success but hell, it's a start.
Read this
That said, on top of their general involvement as partial owners of pokemon as a franchise (and sole owner of all the trademarks), Nintendo helped fund this particular game, invested in the developer, assisted in the conceptualization of the idea, has been promoting, and is also developing the phone accessory specially designed for the game.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
Some people will get rich? the ones that bought stock when it was at its lowest in the wii u days?
ShaoranWright
Member
I said it before and I'll say it again, Michael Patcher was right, just bring Nintendo's IP to other platforms and let the gazillions of dollars flow to Nintendo while we get to play some of the best games ever without the need of buying the shitty hardware they make.
Pokemon been a fad for 20 years.
Ingress was still pretty popular 3 years after.
Pokemon + Ingress = People will leave it in a month because reasons.
Dark Cloud
Member
Nintendo isn't doing mobile only like some are hoping for-not sure why. They'll have NX and mobile side by side which will satisfy core gamers and casual gamers!
deadscreensky
Member
Just remembering all the doom and gloom fan worries about Nintendo going third party makes me laugh. Maybe this won't be sustainable, in fact it probably won't be, but it still seems like it was a pretty smart bet.
Yes, but this was never advertised as one of Nintendo's main mobile games like Miitomo, Fire Emblem, or Animal Crossing.
I specifically remember tons of people
fanboys
they were mostly parroting what iwata was saying at the time, which is that they'd never release their games on mobile platforms
don't make me dig for quotes, I promise it's true
dedicated hardware is an old decaying business for everyone, true. when i think of non-dedicated nintendo, i start thinking of nintendo on pc with their own store/digital platform like steam.
TheDinoman
Member
Ha, "remembering"? You can already see it throughout this thread. Unfortunately Pokemon Go's success seems to have fueled that notion for many.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Honestly? My goodness. The man was a visionary.
OrbitalBeard
Member
No one ever said it would doom their company (ok, I'm sure there are a small handful of people that did). I'm sure many said it could doom their dedicated handheld business. And honestly, it might eventually. But that's not what you said and it's not what I responded to.
Shikamaru Ninja
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That's because the Nintendo 5 was a deal where Nintendo developed the games and DeNA was handling the online monetization and analytics. Niantic is the developer and co-publisher of Pokémon Go, and they are handling the monetization (instead of DeNA). Nintendo and TPC bought stakes into Niantic, and are also producing the game alongside.
Dark Cloud
Member
Maybe, an app like Netflix on the tv? Turn the tv on and press the Nintendo app.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
This is what will happen, not Nintendo on Xbox or Playstation.
Watching the nerds come out of the woodwork in these threads is always a good time though.
MisterHero
Super Member
are we really going to do this?
because there were a bunch of people shitting on Nintendo for not doing toys-to-life and it still runs the risk of being run into the ground
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I think the lifespan of the game should be interesting. Customers that play mobile games can be rather fickle.
OrbitalBeard
Member
The only reason I'm a bit wary on this happening is due to PC gaming not being all that big of a deal in Japan.
DecoReturns
Member
Add the pokemon Theme song to Pokemon GO then everyone will remember this game. Bring us back to the 1990's
deadscreensky
Member
I gave it a browse, and yeah, no kidding. It's like they're surprisingly resistant to basic reality.
(It's not really surprising at all.)
GamingOblivion
Banned
Infinity dollars.this is their QoL imitative lol. I have never seen so many obvious gamers walking around...phones in hand and smiles on faces.
especially since the lines between xbox and pc are already pretty blurred. you'll start seeing the same happening for playstation as well.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Yeah, neither is console gaming. ;P
OrbitalBeard
Member
CharminUltra
Member
loooool just got a phone call from a relative in Central America asking me if I'm playing Pokemon Go. Said she just got back home after a Pokemon walk.
If Nintendo handles this well... :O
If Nintendo handles this well... :O
GregLombardi
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As an investor (and someone who has been unable to install the game yet since he is busy) I am curious, do people see the software being easily malleable to be enhanced over time by Niantic? More pokemon, better gameplay, phone on phone battles?
OrbitalBeard
Member
lololololol
Yeah, if the NX is a shared ecosystem with multiple form factors (it probably is), then this is likely true.
EmCeeGramr
Member
as a nintendo fan I'm shocked that they're making lots of money with a simplified experience for lapsed and new gamers that had an explosive spread through word of mouth
It's mindboggling people seriously think this will drop off after a month.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
b/c they're going back to one screen
Basileus777
Member
Yes. There is a ton of room for better usability, more features, and more content. And the game should have good enough user retention for it to matter.
from the original dena/nintendo press conference thread:
I assure you this was not the only case.
give it a read if you want to laugh