Is Nintendo Even Needed Today?

There's no doubt about it. Nintendo was one of the most influential game companies and is extremely popular. However, today, children are moving up to more mature games, and Nintendo is only recognized around console releases. Are they still needed? Should they stop consoles? Should they become a third-party developer?

You're thinking too... close-minded. Nintendo still dominates the handheld market greatly, and are still showing success with the Nintendo Switch (albeit not a breakthrough console like the Nintendo Wii). And have you not seen the Bayonetta titles? You probably don't actively use or follow the Nintendo scene, because they have broadened up quite a bit. The Switch is even getting Skyrim. Sure, the Wii U was a flop, but it failed for various reasons that have (hopefully) since been avoided with the Switch and 3DS. They may not be leading in any sort of home console war, but they still have a strong and growing fanbase that will only get better over time if they continue to learn from mistakes.

And what parent in their right mind would let children play mature games? That's just introducing inappropriate themes and morals or lack thereof in their lives. Maybe teenagers might be a bit more averse to these effects, but there's something wrong with you if you let your kid play mature stuff. I mean, there's always those exceptions like the Call of Duty or Halo titles, but you get the point.

Perhaps the real question should be why people are still thinking Nintendo is a sinking ship, there really is no reason to bag on them right now with the discontinuation of the Wii U, which was there most notable failure in recent years.

I didn't see any link rules, so here's a link to an image. Notice how handhelds were a tiny percentage of the market. And that was 2014, two years after the 3DS release, and I THINK the XL release.

Any CoD game, Grand Theft Auto, tons of children are playing mature rated games, mainly on consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One. (These exceptions make up a LOT of what children are playing, and if not those mobile games and PC games are dominant.)

My point isnt that Nintendo isn't making good decisions, it's that their main demographic is loosing interest.

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http://hexus.net/media/uploaded/2015/3/4...9e90ea.jpg

Sorry, forgot the link in last post.

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Quality of the games doesn't make up for the lack of interest from children. What child raised in this decade would want an RPG when the media and social media influences push your plain FPS or Grand Theft Auto? Children are manipulated by advertisers giving them what they tell them to want.

nintendo now a days is more for on the road to be honest, i wouldnt buy a nintendo console

I mean it's handy for on the way gaming but that's it

Handheld consoles are becoming less and less useful now that smartphones are getting ports and games made just like that of the 3DS, and some 3DS games are even on mobile.

Not even mentioning emulators being able to play tons of consoles and machines in one.

16-07-2017, 09:18 PM

hoxton Wrote: Handheld consoles are becoming less and less useful now that smartphones are getting ports and games made just like that of the 3DS, and some 3DS games are even on mobile.

Not even mentioning emulators being able to play tons of consoles and machines in one.

I honestly think smartphone gaming is vastly subpar to an actual console dedicated for portable gaming. The lack of physical buttons feel abysmal. In terms of emulators, the 3DS has that too. You get even more emulation with homebrew as well.Also, I'd like to see a "port" of a 3DS game on a smartphone, cause there are practically none. Why? Because smartphones aren't at the point where they can do that yet.

Fire Emblem: Heroes? It's like comparing checkers to chess. It's just a gatcha game with strategy.
Super Mario Run? Not even close to an actual Mario main title.
Miitomo? It's just a (limited) social media app in a nutshell.

Sure, there are some pretty cool games on mobile devices. You've got things like Infinity Blade on iOS devices. But how does that stack up to something like the Monster Hunter titles?

tl;dr, your point has little merit. It's like you're knocking on something that you haven't even tried.

15-07-2017, 11:53 AM

hoxton Wrote: I didn't see any link rules, so here's a link to an image. Notice how handhelds were a tiny percentage of the market. And that was 2014, two years after the 3DS release, and I THINK the XL release.

Any CoD game, Grand Theft Auto, tons of children are playing mature rated games, mainly on consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One. (These exceptions make up a LOT of what children are playing, and if not those mobile games and PC games are dominant.)

My point isnt that Nintendo isn't making good decisions, it's that their main demographic is loosing interest.

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http://hexus.net/media/uploaded/2015/3/4...9e90ea.jpg

Sorry, forgot the link in last post.

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Quality of the games doesn't make up for the lack of interest from children. What child raised in this decade would want an RPG when the media and social media influences push your plain FPS or Grand Theft Auto? Children are manipulated by advertisers giving them what they tell them to want.

My point has always been they are not needed now, not that they aren't popular, or successful.

Nintendo is lacking in the more popular genres of games, but of course there are some. I didn't say Nintendo has never had CoD, or GTA. There are significantly less games like these on Nintendo systems compared to family friendly games such as Mario Party, Animal Crossing, etc.

My main idea here is they are not needed today, not that they aren't popular.

Honestly Nintendo isn't, you can play way better games on a pc/xbox/ps3. I mean for it's portability I guess it's okay, but you could always just get a laptop