Nintendo Reportedly No Longer Focused On Mobile Market
Revenue from the mobile market has been far from steady for Nintendo, and though their games have had successful launches, they have failed to provide continuous flows of income to the extent that mobile games usually do. That’s because Nintendo have stayed away from gacha mechanics from their games as much as possible, in order to avoid damaging their family-friendly reputation, and the payment models they have tried out with games such as Super Mario Run and Mario Kart Tour haven’t really been very successful.
On the other hand, the Japanese giant has continued to see incredible success with the Switch, which keeps moving from strength to strength, while the last few months have also been characterized by exceptionally strong sales for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which in six weeks surpassed the lifetime sales total Nintendo had forecast for it.
In fact, Serkan Toto, a mobile games consultant in Tokyo, says that after the launch of Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo’s mobile pipeline has been empty. “In a sense, Nintendo’s enormous success on console reduced the need and the pressure to put resources into mobile,” Toto says. That makes sense since, as the Bloomberg report points out, the reason Nintendo entered the mobile market was to expand revenue when the Wii U was failing. With the Switch riding high, the pressure to seek revenue from other sources has fallen significantly.
In fact, Toto also says that the shift in Nintendo’s strategy will mean that though there will be more new mobile games to appease shareholders, they will very likely be “just alibi releases”, with the company choosing to focus primarily on consoles and premium games.
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RyanPosted:
It is unfortunate to hear this but the more people focused on the Switch right now the better!
AnimePosted:
I can understand why they're not doing mobile market anymore hopefully they're working on more games.
DanielPosted:
They should focus more on Mobile as most people would rather play mobile as its the easiest device to play on because your always on your phone or always got your phone with you, Its alot more convenient for everyone. Plus everyone loves playing a game on their phone.
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