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Nintendo Is "Evolving" Into An Entertainment Company, According To Doug Bowser (www.nintendolife.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We all get what that means, and don't think otherwise for a minute. It'll be unfinished 70€ titles, requiring 3 30€ dlcs to feel mostly complete, requiring a paid 15€ subscription on top of that. We've seen this a dozen times too many by now. Nintendo are just always late to everything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Or it just means Nintendo isn't going to rely on video games for growth.

The idea of paying anything for video games is already going away, with free to play games doing well in the youth market. And while the Switch is their best selling console, it is effectively a tablet with Bluetooth controllers and standard hardware. I don't see Nintendo being able to maintain selling hardware after this next generation.

But Nintendo has a lot of IP that it hasn't really tapped outside of video games. I expect that to change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

No, as that's fully against their philosophy. They ship complete games, on time, with limited if any bugs and with no microtransactions and large DLC expansions for most games.

He is clearly talking about their expansion into film, theme parks and other entertainment avenues other than games consoles or anything really done prior (Pokémon movies are TPC, rather than Nintendo).