Nintendo to merge console and handheld divisions.

[The MaDaBa]

This could mean that Nintendo will stop making handheld machines for a while.

[The O-Man]

maybe the 3ds will get some good shit finally

[realfakerazor]

Nintendo abandoning the one market it still overwhelmingly dominates is a bizarre conclusion.

[nPo Wolfpack noleafclover1980]

Jan 19, 2013 16:19:45 GMT -5 realfakerazor said:

Nintendo abandoning the one market it still overwhelmingly dominates is a bizarre conclusion.

This. Nintendo's bread and butter has been handhelds for years now. Ever since the original Gameboy, no one has touched them in that market.

[Pseudonymically]

I wish they'd put some more shit like older Pokemon games on the 3ds shop. I'm also waiting for some more stuff for the 3ds. It is an excellent piece of hardware with some good capabilities.

[Old Man Bob Holly BSP]

Jan 20, 2013 23:22:42 GMT -5 nPo Wolfpack noleafclover1980 said:

Jan 19, 2013 16:19:45 GMT -5 realfakerazor said:

Nintendo abandoning the one market it still overwhelmingly dominates is a bizarre conclusion.

This. Nintendo's bread and butter has been handhelds for years now. Ever since the original Gameboy, no one has touched them in that market.

That is why I doubt they really abandoned the handheld market. It has helped keep Nintendo in the black after the "failures" of the n64,Gamecube and Wii. Notice how I put failures cause all of the mentioned home consoles sold decently.But not at the levels of say the NES or SNES.

[nPo Wolfpack noleafclover1980]

Jan 21, 2013 3:22:05 GMT -5 Old Man Bob Holly BSP said:

Jan 20, 2013 23:22:42 GMT -5 nPo Wolfpack noleafclover1980 said:

This. Nintendo's bread and butter has been handhelds for years now. Ever since the original Gameboy, no one has touched them in that market.

That is why I doubt they really abandoned the handheld market. It has helped keep Nintendo in the black after the "failures" of the n64,Gamecube and Wii. Notice how I put failures cause all of the mentioned home consoles sold decently.But not at the levels of say the NES or SNES.

I'd hardly call the Wii a failure..... it was the top selling console of this generation.

[Old Man Bob Holly BSP]

Jan 21, 2013 3:52:33 GMT -5 nPo Wolfpack noleafclover1980 said:

Jan 21, 2013 3:22:05 GMT -5 Old Man Bob Holly BSP said:

That is why I doubt they really abandoned the handheld market. It has helped keep Nintendo in the black after the "failures" of the n64,Gamecube and Wii. Notice how I put failures cause all of the mentioned home consoles sold decently.But not at the levels of say the NES or SNES.

I'd hardly call the Wii a failure..... it was the top selling console of this generation.

Notice how I stated why I called them "failures". They all sold decently but not to the levels of the NES or SNES. And while the Wii sold well hardware wise. The software under performed.

I wouldn't call the Nintendo 64 a success. It had some great games, but the Playstation kicked its ass all over the place.

But if Nintendo are in a bit of trouble, personally I'd stick to the handhelds. They are no 1 there and a distant 3rd on consoles.

[pyoobez]

Jan 21, 2013 6:00:03 GMT -5 @torgaddon said:

I wouldn't call the Nintendo 64 a success. It had some great games, but the Playstation kicked its ass all over the place.

But if Nintendo are in a bit of trouble, personally I'd stick to the handhelds. They are no 1 there and a distant 3rd on consoles.

Yeah. The N64 stuck to carts which soured Square who moved FF to Sony, which probably didn't help.

Sony's emergence also seemed to push the "kiddy console" that hurt the Gamecube (as well as Gamecube's tiny discs).

And the Wii, despite it's console sales, alienated third party developers due to system limitations and a generally higher risk in developing games.

[Madman Szalinski]

Aren't the new controllers for the Wii-U basically like little mini-DS's?

[Old Man Bob Holly BSP]

Jan 21, 2013 20:56:22 GMT -5 pyoobez said:

Jan 21, 2013 6:00:03 GMT -5 @torgaddon said:

I wouldn't call the Nintendo 64 a success. It had some great games, but the Playstation kicked its ass all over the place.

But if Nintendo are in a bit of trouble, personally I'd stick to the handhelds. They are no 1 there and a distant 3rd on consoles.

Yeah. The N64 stuck to carts which soured Square who moved FF to Sony, which probably didn't help.

Sony's emergence also seemed to push the "kiddy console" that hurt the Gamecube (as well as Gamecube's tiny discs).

And the Wii, despite it's console sales, alienated third party developers due to system limitations and a generally higher risk in developing games.

Yeah the Wii had great console sales. But the games never sold well. Most people I know with Wii's have more games off the virtual console store than actual games.