They believe Nintendo should open themselves to mobile phone gaming.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27433
Investors criticize Nintendo's recent performances with the Wii, 3DS and upcoming Wii U.
One belief they have is that Nintendo should start supporting mobile phone gaming for devices such as the iPhone and iPad due to how successful these ventures have been for other companies. “Smartphones are the new battlefield for the gaming industry,” said Ohki, a fund manager at Tokyo-based Stats Investment Management Co. “Nintendo should try to either buy its way into this platform or develop something totally new.”
This is in part due to the poor sales of the 3DS, which prompted Nintendo to lower its price months after it debuted across the globe. Experts believe that Nintendo needs to create games that show off the 3D capabilities of the system better, inspiring consumers to invest on it. “The selection of 3-D titles available is pretty poor,” said 19-year old Chihaya Kaizaki, who also stated that the 3DS lacked the games he wanted to play.
Finally, investors are also wary of the upcoming Wii U. The system, first revealed at this year's E3, has failed to inspire their interest, making experts wonder if it will ever live up to the legacy the Wii gained ever since its November 2006 launch.
It would be just about the stupidest thing Nintendo ever did if they considered that.
Better Headline: "Nintendo needs new investors".
Seriously. I wonder how many of these are the same guys who thought the PS3 was going to have 44% of the market...
(Hint: It's better to control the hardware and collect licensing fees than to be the one getting 70 cents on the dollar for your work.)
Yah I don't find gimmicky bad at all. Both Sony and Microsoft said the same thing for Wii and its motion controls, and then look what they do. Sony creates a complete rip off of the Wii remote and Nunchuk, and then there Kinect.
Nintendo should open themselves to porting games to my microwave, it has better controls than the iPhone.
And its totally True too.Nintendo should open themselves to porting games to my microwave, it has better controls than the iPhone.
Oh my god, best line ever.
That might show up in a sig of mine down the road.... you'll get credit of course. ^_^
The request to put games on mobile phones is idiotic but investors have a right to be angry with Nintendo
3DS is performing horribly.
The request to put games on mobile phones is idiotic but investors have a right to be angry with Nintendo
Nintendo have had a bad year, and a lot of it is unfortunately due to their own bad decisions.
The request to put games on mobile phones is idiotic but investors have a right to be angry with Nintendo.
All their success went to their head and they became arrogant and that's why they priced the 3DS so grossly in excess of what it cost them to manufacture it.
But it wasn't arrogance that determined it... it was market research.Although I agree it isn't arrogance, I wouldn't call it research. Nintendo didn't ask anyone what they would pay for a 3DS. Since Nintendo are known for affordably pricing their systems, I think people expected it to be $200 at the absolute maximum. If they had known the price, they'd have likely been more skeptical and mentioned that it was overpriced. Though the E3 crowd doesn't represent the average consumer anyway, so they aren't a good group on whcih to base certain decisions.
I disagree. The joy-gasmic reaction from E3 2010 determined the price of the 3DS. Remember, at the time, people were half-jokingly encouraging each other to temper their excitement for fear that it would jack up the retail price. Turns out they shouldn't have been joking at all. =P
But I don't think it can be denied that the enormous success of the DS (and Wii) was also a factor in the pricing.If that's the case, then they ignored one of the reasons the Wii and DS are successful, which is affordability. Plus, some people probably just bought a DSi for $150-190, and didn't want to spend even more money on another handheld. What I think happened is that Nintendo knew they were going to have low profits this year due to the lack of compelling Wii and DS software for a majority of it, so they wanted to get as much profit as they could from the 3DS which caused them to release it before it was ready at a high price.
If that's the case, then they ignored one of the reasons the Wii and DS are successful, which is affordability.
I don't believe smartphone gaming is a fad. However, it certainly doesn't make sense for Nintendo to jump into that market, creatively or economically.I agree with this. I put smartphone gaming in the same space as Minesweeper and Solitare. Which that space is hard to break into in a lasting way like Solitare.
We used to have records for home and 8-tracks in your car. Once we switched to cassettes and CDs, 8-tracks died because there was no point in having a seperate format when the normal format worked in both environments.
The GB:SP was the first step in making gaming cool or 'hip' for the masses, and the DS just built on that design.
Otherwise the TurboExpress would have taken off and Sega would have bypassed the Game Gear entirely in favour of the Nomad.
I don't believe smartphone gaming is a fad. However, it certainly doesn't make sense for Nintendo to jump into that market, creatively or economically.