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1/21/2014 1:28:00 AM
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Nintendo: no games for smartphones
I think we're all aware of some of the issues Nintendo has been having recently. Nintendo president Saturo Iwata said that, as part of a rethinking of business structure, the company would be looking at ways to use smart devices to grow the gaming business. [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/20/nintendo-has-no-plans-for-mario-on-smartphones]On Friday, he clarified that this incorporation of smart devices would not mean releasing games for them.[/url]
Nintendo's hardware has generally been profitable, but the Wii U has been struggling lately. Sales are weak and Nintendo is already taking a loss on the console. The 3DS, on the other hand, is projected to sell 13 million units. Some have called for Nintendo to abandon hardware altogether and focus on developing its IP's for other consoles and platforms. It seems like the company will not be making that move anytime soon.
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They need to stop making gimmicky consoles and incredibly easy games that don't offer anything special/new. I owned a wii some time ago. I got tired of it after the initial "WHOA MOTION CONTROLS" wore off and I hadn't gotten any games that stood out to me so I sold it and forgot about the thing pretty quickly. I recently bought another one specifically to play Project M (a [i]mod[/i] of a Brawl) which makes almost no use of the motion controls so it could be on any console. I don't see how they thought they could ride the motion gaming thing for as long as they've tried.
