Report: Nintendo planning free smartphone 'mini-games'
Earlier this month, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the company would be studying "how smart devices could be used to grow the game-player business" after the company severely adjusted its forecasts for the end of its fiscal year. Nintendo almost halved its original net sales projections and reduced its Wii U shipment expectations to 2.8 million from 9 million.
In October 2012, Iwata said smartphones should not be inherently tied to games, but could be used to help spread Nintendo's messaging and "offer consumers gaming experiences which smart devices cannot realize and to actively try to make smart devices our allies, not our enemies."
Nikkei's report says Nintendo will use its smart phone strategy to provide potential players with information about the story and characters of its games, along with information about release dates and prices. Nintendo is expected to announce the strategy this week.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/27/report-nintendo-planning-free-smartphone-mini-games-to-promot/
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DemonSurferPosted:
Flacco Not a wise idea for a company that is hardly making any money as is. Hope it works out for them.
yeah really? look at those 3DS sales... poor Nintendo really struggling there.
MissPosted:
Flacco Not a wise idea for a company that is hardly making any money as is. Hope it works out for them.
Agreed, they should probably charge at least something.
Martin_Luther_PingPosted:
Not a wise idea for a company that is hardly making any money as is. Hope it works out for them.
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