Mobile Should Definitely Be A Bigger Part of the Nintendo Ecosystem
Nintendo has relied on exclusives and first-party consoles for a long time. On one hand, this has helped Nintendo since fans had to purchase their systems in order to play their games. On the other hand, the lack of major third-party support means their machines aren’t good for much else, this serves as a sort of a deterrent to those who aren’t mega fans. How can a company make money on its biggest properties while not having to put them on competitive consoles? Mobile.
Nintendo is no stranger to the mobile market, but it had yet to see success such as Pokemon GO. This was the first time that the publisher took one of its major franchises and did a game true to the original, rather than just an odd spinoff. The fact that Pokemon GO is on most mobile devices, and is free, was the perfect way to draw in old and new fans alike. Once they were in, they were hooked.
Since then, Nintendo’s market value has shot up and the company is now making millions of dollars per day. If this isn’t a big enough sign that the company should get with the times, I don’t know what is.
