Re: Wii U Discussion
No insight, but people seem to expect Nintendo to just fall in line and offer a very similar box as the other two and I don't think that will be the case. From Iwata's comments, it sounds like NX will be multiple form factors, common architecture, and a shared ecosystem. I think their going to continue to offer something a little different, but this time cheaper, thanks in part to not making costly bets like with the Wii U Gamepad and 3D for 3DS.
Besides the past couple years, 60% of their revenue came from hardware sales. Which is always funny when people throw out all these hypothetical statements on how it will be a slam dunk for Nintendo to go third-party, but never once take into account the negatives that come with such a decision. Despite profit margins being far from bad, lets just slash hardware revenue, have far less control, risk-aversion, have to pay royalties to sell games on other platforms, lay off a lot of people, and now compete in a volatile market where the expectations for production values are exceedingly higher than anything we've ever done.
I'm not sure people understand just how beneficial it is to be a platform holder.
No insight, but people seem to expect Nintendo to just fall in line and offer a very similar box as the other two and I don't think that will be the case. From Iwata's comments, it sounds like NX will be multiple form factors, common architecture, and a shared ecosystem. I think their going to continue to offer something a little different, but this time cheaper, thanks in part to not making costly bets like with the Wii U Gamepad and 3D for 3DS.
Besides the past couple years, 60% of their revenue came from hardware sales. Which is always funny when people throw out all these hypothetical statements on how it will be a slam dunk for Nintendo to go third-party, but never once take into account the negatives that come with such a decision. Despite profit margins being far from bad, lets just slash hardware revenue, have far less control, risk-aversion, have to pay royalties to sell games on other platforms, lay off a lot of people, and now compete in a volatile market where the expectations for production values are exceedingly higher than anything we've ever done.
I'm not sure people understand just how beneficial it is to be a platform holder.
)) it would be 1 less system to buy and not have to get a Nintendo console just for their games. I'd love to get a Nintendo console and be able to get games like Madden, Battlefield etc.. on it.
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