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Nintendo logs Y14.3 billion first-half net profit

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Thank goodness. I'd hate to see Nintendo disappear and leave us with some of the worst corporate monopolies in video games.

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Miyamoto says that in order to create unique experiences, dedicated hardware is necessary. However, they are sitting on a backlog goldmine that could make them a huge profit if they offered it on mobile platforms. This would however remove one reason to buy their consoles, if they are readily available on other platforms. On the other hand, they kind of already are and have been since the birth of emulation. Personally, I'd rather see them go all-out software, and if they need dedicated hardware, they can sell that as an add-on for the platform they are developing on in a bundle with whatever game is promoting a new experience.

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You wouldnt drive a car with a joystick? most nintendo games are not suited for the platform that is pure touch smartphones.

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most nintendo games are not suited for the platform that is pure touch smartphones.

Since when where Xbox and Playstation considered Smartphones? There aren't many driving games that utilize the joystick any more. Not as the primary control anyway. The Wii Wheel has been the control of choice since the release of Mario Kart Wii several years ago. Pretty much every driving/racing game released on the Wii is compatible with the Wheel, whereas the Wii U utilizes its game pad to the same effect. The joystick is only used by players who prefer using that. The fact that it still remains as an optional control set up suggests that there are people who like driving using a joystick. Smartphones don't provide the same level of gaming quality that consoles offer. Small screens, lesser graphics, small game size, overly simplistic. Smartphone games are good for a five minute respite, but that's the extent of their life. Key games like the Zelda series simply cannot work on a smartphone. The console will always be superior in that regard. This surge in smartphone gaming is a phase, one which will go out of style soon enough.

It's good to hear that Nintendo's managing to make profits instead of losses. I've been playing Nintendo games for the best part of two decades, and I'd like to be able to play more of them with my kids someday. Nintendo has the potential to keep going for years to come, it just needs to make it past this recent rough patch. With their future consoles, they should be sure to launch said consoles with some of their core game franchises: Mario, Zelda, Pokemon etc, rather than making gamers wait weeks or months for them. That's one of the main things they've been doing wrong. Launching with core franchises will boost their sales considerably. Of course, sometimes the wait is worthwhile. I recently got Smash Bros for the 3DS. I'd pre-ordered it a couple of months ago, and boy was it worth the wait. Truly an amazing game. Nintendo has a knack for making great games, but it seems that many people are too impatient to wait for these games.

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most nintendo games are not suited for the platform that is pure touch smartphones.

And thank goodness for that. I have been pretty disappointed with the experience of touch screen only games.

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The maker of the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises has struggled in recent years, as consumers flee to downloadable games for smartphones and other mobile devices.>

The reason they aren't doing so well has little to do with free downloadable games for phones and tablets. People who use their phones as their main gaming device probably never owned a gaming device before (DSi, PSP, XBox360, etc). People who owned a gaming console or mobile before will still do so now coz they prefer more complete games and not just a game to kill time while riding a train. There is a market for both gaming devices (PS4, PC, 3DS) and tablets and phones. Nintendo's loses are its own fault mainly for releasing a "next generation console" with almost no games (if we can call the Wii U a next gen console).

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