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Nintendo needs go the PlayStation route
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zenspider
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Tra
Trading profit for value. Apple should release its OS for PC and Android, etc. Nintendo is the only console maker with a plan to survive with it's core intact. Microsoft is becoming something else entirely and who knows what Sony is thinking. Ninty will be the last one standing.
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Kikorin
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They shouldn't, would be crazy to do so. Sure, pirated Nintendo games on PC are a thing, but these are a micro fraction of total games sold. For example I personally know more than 10 people (pretty much all people I played Pokémon GO together in past) that bought a Switch + Pokémon Let's GO when it come out. I can't even imagine what return Nintendo can make on their games and hardware.
If you want to play Nintendo games, you need Nintendo hardware, that's part of the winning strategy. And people that prefer play pirated games on PC are people that would have never bought the console and games anyway, so not a big loss for them.
If you want to play Nintendo games, you need Nintendo hardware, that's part of the winning strategy. And people that prefer play pirated games on PC are people that would have never bought the console and games anyway, so not a big loss for them.
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Oof85
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Nothing "probably" about it. They make the most profit by far
lughnasadh123
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Value wouldn't be lost on PC. There's a good chance many would even double dip.
As for the rest - Sony and even MS aren't going anywhere.
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I absolutely want them to do this, but do they need to? Fuck no.
Victor Omega
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Imagine having to release a next Gen console early because the current gen(WiiU) bombed, tripled in sales due to a global pandemic, had the entire system homebrewed and hacked on PC CONCURRENTLY and still DOMINATING IN SALE in both Hardware and EXCLUSIVE title today. That's the switch right now
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TheDreadLord
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Nope, Nintendo’s market is different than Sony’s. Nintendo games on PC devaluates their business as there is a lot more competition in the portable market.
I wish, but they won't. They're placing value in intangibles like the perceived intractable tie between their hardware and software in the minds of the general customer, which is the kind of thing that reinforces the habit of feeling it's "okay" to spend hundreds of dollars to just play Nintendo games, whereas that is not behaviour that any other publisher would be able to get away with.
The exclusivity is literally self reinforcing, and I guess that's central to their business ideals. I would love it if they did it though, and still think there's a pretty substantial amount of money waiting to be made.
The exclusivity is literally self reinforcing, and I guess that's central to their business ideals. I would love it if they did it though, and still think there's a pretty substantial amount of money waiting to be made.
3liteDragon
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Actually it should be the other way around.
bender
What time is it?
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zenspider
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Sure, they're not going anywhere, but what will they be? The Sony Cinematic Universe and Gameflix, with occasional set top boxes.
CosmicComet
Member
They dont need to change shit.
The Switch came out 3 years after the PS4 and still handily outsold it without ever getting an official price cut and is currently the second best selling home console behind the PS2, (which got massive price cuts throughout its lifetime) and it's still selling strong.
The Switch 2 will do the same to the PS5 when it comes out.
The Switch came out 3 years after the PS4 and still handily outsold it without ever getting an official price cut and is currently the second best selling home console behind the PS2, (which got massive price cuts throughout its lifetime) and it's still selling strong.
The Switch 2 will do the same to the PS5 when it comes out.
Robb
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cartman414
Member
As much as I wouldn't mind that, it just wouldn't serve Nintendo.
DeceptiveAlarm
Gold Member
Buy a unprofitable live service developer? Then have to bail them out? Then rethink live service? Why would they want to do that? 
CosmicComet
Member
yeah I think he also means exert more censorship and current california puritanical standards in their games, and spend 4 billion dollars on a weak studio acquisition that has bore no fruit and is already in need of major restructuring.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Probably got more chance of Don Mattrick returning to Xbox
March Climber
Gold Member
The world isn’t this nice. It will always be at least 2 boxes minimum, and 3 boxes if you don’t like receiving Sony’s leftover crumbs years after release.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
magic numbers. what could they mean!
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Yeah. It's magical to have more revenue with 25 million Series X/S console sales as competition with 130 million consoles sold
It must be bad to be so much "drowned." Unless you think that Xbox is "drowning" in money.
Zathalus
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Including ABK that is now closer to $24 billion for Microsoft. Of course, no idea what the profit margins are.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
You can't be serious.Yeah. It's magical to have more revenue with 25 million Series X/S console sales as competition with 130 million consoles sold
It must be bad to be so much "drowned." Unless you think that Xbox is "drowning" in money.
Xbox is clearly drowning and dead. Whatever is behind those numbers is microsoft money and services.
The revenue is not from consoles. It's from all their consoles and services.
That's like comparing how much company X sells of one car vs how much other company sells 10 cars and motorbikes.
These are not apples to apples numbers.
Graph is for overall revenue for Xbox/PlayStation/Nintendo divisions. All consoles sold/services provided/games sold. So I don't know what's your problem exactly. And I like to point out that Xbox revenue is without ABK.
It's almost like "Xbox is clearly drowning and dead" is more wishful thinking and not reality. But go on. Let's comfort yourself with 50% YoY Series X/S sales dropoff in Europe
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alucard0712_rus
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And they don't have another choice. Sony and MS can throw money as much as they want. Nintendo doesn't have that privilege. It's almost a miracle that Nintendo even exist in current game-dev world. They have to be smarter.
LarsQMorient
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What about bringing some more Nintendo mobile games to PC?
Orutisu Furio
Member
No.
Nintendo’s strategy is to sell their hardware and software together and keep their exclusive software locked on their own platform. They have tremendous brand loyalty and time and time again has shown that consumers en masse buy Nintendo consoles to play exclusive Nintendo games, they don’t care about specs or inferiority vs PS5 / XBOX etc — their games are super polished and consumers love experiencing them.
Nintendo’s brand loyalty and popularity is akin to Apple, as both companies command similar positions in the market with respect to hardware, software, and ecosystem strategy.
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RickMasters
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It’s not legal but sure…… I guess you could say you can already play Nintendo games on PC, if you know how.
scarlet0pimp
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i'm sure nintendo could make a lot of money selling their stuff on PC, but not sure if that money will offset how much they would loose by not selling the hardware.
The switch must cost pennies to make now and its still selling for the same price as it launched its really crazy, also their games don't drop in price either, Playstation and Xbox games are half price a month or so later and bargain bin a year later.
The switch must cost pennies to make now and its still selling for the same price as it launched its really crazy, also their games don't drop in price either, Playstation and Xbox games are half price a month or so later and bargain bin a year later.
I thought dumping the games you own and playing on a emulator was legal? Ain't that what everyone does when they play switch on pc?
RickMasters
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I don’t know all the legalities but I’m sure Nintendo does not want anybody playing emulators on PC. That’s why they always make sure they get taken down the moment they find out they exist. I’m not sure owning a bunch of carts allows you to emulate them on PC. Atleast from what I’ve seen over the years.
Bottom line is people always find a way and are currently playing all generations of Nintendo games on PC, via some form of emulation. One gets taken down….. another gets uploaded.