Nintendo's Princess May Be In Another Castle

[Johnny Novgorod]

I think the Switch is just Nintendo's special project to wean fans off home consoles before going all in on the handheld market.

 

[RJ 17]

I just don't 'get' Nintendo anymore...

That's understandable, because clearly Nintendo just doesn't "get" you (or apparently a majority of their market demographic for that matter) anymore. They're much to busy waging a war against YouTube to get back in touch with the people expected to buy their toys.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Of course stocks take a hit whenever Nintendo announces a console. It's a massive injection of volatility. Nonetheless it's something they have to do occasionally. The Wii took a company stock hit when they announced it, the ridiculous popularity of the device then made their stock value soar. But if it wants to bankroll tech and potentially replicate thd duccess of the DS and the Wii it will continue to release consoles and price them marginal within cost of production.

Regardless Nintendo's share price is still growing well in line with general market trends.

That is a thing that people gloss over or just plain don't know about when trying to use the "stocks" argument. Historically stock markets don't react well to uncertainty. It was inevitable for the Switch regardless of how well it presented itself because it's something new unlike what Sony and MS offer. And someone has to do that due to how willfully stagnant gaming tech has been.

And in other news, Kimishima has given a ball park for the Switch's paid online service at around 2000-3000 yen, meaning around $20-$30. Not bad:

http://gematsu.com/2017/02/switch-online-service-cost-2000-3000-yen-annually

 

[cathou]

seriously, i dont expect Nintendo to do a console that could compete with xbox/ps in a near future, and i dont want them to, and i dont think they need to. I mean, do you realy think that the gaming market would improve by having another console pc wanabe. Because let's face it, xbox and ps are basically the same thing now. they got almost the same games, the same feature, the same power. put a nintendo cosole with the same power and feature than the other two wouldnt expand the number of gamers, but just dillute the gamers into three console rather than two.

and let's face it, the market os totally stagnant. have both xbox and ps is rather rare these days, because, you need to put a lot of cash for both console, and pay for two online subscription. So right now, people with ps, stay with ps and people with xbox stay with xbox. Nintendo already have it's fan base, and hater base. should they give them a console that is par with the other ones, they wouldnt change for nintendo anyway... At least by having a totally different console, nintendo can expect people to decide to buy 2 consoles, the switch and another one.

 

[pearcinator]

I honestly hope the Switch ends badly for them. The good of gaming, long term, requires it.

wow...that is just...no. The more competition, the better it is for consumers. If one of 'the big 3' go down then the other 2 will start to take advantage of the lack of competition. Prices will go up, there will be more 'exclusive' games for each console and there will be less risk-taking and eventually the inductry will stagnate and then people will lose all interest. We definitely don't want a monopoly company in control of the whole thing because that would be a disaster!

I think Nintendo are doing the right thing with the Switch. They are the only company willing to take big risks like this and this is how gaming evolves. I assure you that Nintendo could definitely have made a console as powerful or moreso than the PS4/Xbone but they chose not to because it's just playing it safe.

I want the Switch to do really well because then their competitors (Microsoft and Sony) will have to do something to try and pull more numbers which in the long run means greater technological advancement and consumer-friendly products.

 

[American Tanker]

RE: The article's title: No, she's not in another castle.

She's in a shallow unmarked grave. Nintendo's slain the Princess and saved the fire-breathing turtle, to paraphrase a line from Kangaroo Jack.

 

[Sheo_Dagana]

I honestly hope the Switch ends badly for them. The good of gaming, long term, requires it.

wow...that is just...no. The more competition, the better it is for consumers. If one of 'the big 3' go down then the other 2 will start to take advantage of the lack of competition.

You're assuming Microsoft and Sony even see Nintendo as 'competition.' I'm not saying they're both sitting around going "hurr durr, try harder Nintendy and we'll notice you," but it's more like Nintendo isn't really trying to compete with them. They do their own thing. Just look at how Nintendo was dragged kicking and screaming into the world of online gaming.

Well, Sony did view them as competition for a while when they were trying to push their own handheld system; but after one respectable attempt followed by a completely bungled one, Sony seemed to kind of shrug their shoulders and move on. With the Switch it kind of seems like Nintendo is looking to take that lack of competition and merge it with a home console.

 

[Czann]

Sounds like another flop, maybe Nintendo's last hurrah as a console maker. Too expensive for too little power and the graphics aren't good.

$250 for it and a game plus rechargeable controllers without the need for an add-on would be the sweet point at launch. But let's see, weirder things happened.