The success of Nintendo’s Wii and DS platforms have caught many industry observers and analyst by surprise. Some persist to view the Wii’s success as shortlived, a passing fad, but sales figures continue to grow unabated, even as the console remains very difficult to obtain in Japan and North America.
In Japan, Nintendo simply owns […]
As discussed yesterday, Nintendo’s success is more of an opportunity a hindrance for major publishers. Nintendo can no longer be ignored, and publishers understand they must jump on the bandwagon quickly, especially if minimizing risk is an issue. It would, in fact, be a positive development for Nintendo’s success to substantially impact major software publishers. […]
Industry analyst Todd Mitchell has recently declared to investors that Nintendo’s success with the Wii and DS platforms does not bode well for major software publishers in the games industry. He argues that because Nintendo produces great software titles on their consoles, consumers are less likely to purchase third party titles (from other publishers). This […]
Who will win the next gen war? As we just saw, this is perhaps a question we shouldn’t even be asking.
Nintendo makes profits on every console they sell, so perhaps they are already winners. Then again, they’ve made money from every generation of their consoles, but few would say that the Gamecube was the “winner” […]
Guess whose profits are up 20%? Guess whose yearly profits are approaching a billion dollars while the rest of the industry is transitioning ? Go ahead, guess. It’s not Sony, who is losing money hand over fist trying to push the PS3 out the door. It’s not Microsoft either, where a billion dollars in profits […]
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