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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 19, 2023 15:45:47 GMT -5
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Post by Zombie Mod on Sept 19, 2023 16:45:38 GMT -5
it was a running joke in the shop I worked in that Nintendo's funds got a bit below a couple of billion dollars so they were releasing a new Pokemon/Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Mariokart game.
it's more likely that Microsoft & Nintendo will work together or do a deal to get some of their respective exclusive games on the others system than one buying the other.
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Post by Scoops on Sept 20, 2023 1:25:22 GMT -5
Also, don't Nintendo have vast cash reserves because they don't overextend their reach? They'd need a solid couple of decades of commercial failures before they became vulnerable enough to consider selling up. Yep. Phil Spencer: "It'd be great if Nintendo realizes how much money they'd make if they stopped making hardware." Nintendo: *looks at Switch and 3DS lifetime sales* "Nah, we're good." 3DS' sales were actually pretty unimpressive due to the emerging mobile market at the time. The original DS was a behemoth though.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Sept 20, 2023 2:14:16 GMT -5
But who has the rights to make a new Odyssey?
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Post by salz4life on Sept 20, 2023 8:19:36 GMT -5
it was a running joke in the shop I worked in that Nintendo's funds got a bit below a couple of billion dollars so they were releasing a new Pokemon/Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Mariokart game. it's more likely that Microsoft & Nintendo will work together or do a deal to get some of their respective exclusive games on the others system than one buying the other. I was hoping for a scenario where Game Pass ended up on the Switch.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Sept 20, 2023 8:39:45 GMT -5
it was a running joke in the shop I worked in that Nintendo's funds got a bit below a couple of billion dollars so they were releasing a new Pokemon/Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Mariokart game. it's more likely that Microsoft & Nintendo will work together or do a deal to get some of their respective exclusive games on the others system than one buying the other. I was hoping for a scenario where Game Pass ended up on the Switch. possible but I dont think the switch is strong enough to play xbox one and above games (though cloud streaming is more likely.) but it would easily handle xbox 360 games easily.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 20, 2023 8:40:19 GMT -5
Could also be a feature of a Switch 2 if that's set to be released next year.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 20, 2023 9:14:53 GMT -5
Yep. Phil Spencer: "It'd be great if Nintendo realizes how much money they'd make if they stopped making hardware." Nintendo: *looks at Switch and 3DS lifetime sales* "Nah, we're good." 3DS' sales were actually pretty unimpressive due to the emerging mobile market at the time. The original DS was a behemoth though. 3 of the top 5 best selling consoles are Nintendo (2 of the top 3 are Nintendo), 5 of the top 10 (3DS is one of them), and 8 of the top 15. Nintendo don't need to stop making hardware.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 20, 2023 10:24:14 GMT -5
Nintendo seems to appeal to everyone. I wanted the Switch mainly to play Mario games. I don't think I've met anyone that didn't like Mario games. They liked some more than others, but never HATED Mario. I just didn't feel like dropping money on it until my daughter a couple years ago said she wanted one. LOL Perfect excuse!
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 20, 2023 11:49:13 GMT -5
3DS' sales were actually pretty unimpressive due to the emerging mobile market at the time. The original DS was a behemoth though. 3 of the top 5 best selling consoles are Nintendo (2 of the top 3 are Nintendo), 5 of the top 10 (3DS is one of them), and 8 of the top 15. Nintendo don't need to stop making hardware. Importantly, Nintendo are a company who live within their means. They don't put out hardware they can't sell either for profit or super close to break even with a couple of game sales needed for profit, while Sony and Microsoft have sold cutting edge consoles that were massive loss leaders, a financial millstone for a generation.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 20, 2023 11:57:33 GMT -5
Could also be a feature of a Switch 2 if that's set to be released next year. I could definitely see myself getting the "next Switch" if it had Game Pass availability. I know I can get it on my phone/iPad, but it's just not the same, IMO.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Sept 20, 2023 13:35:38 GMT -5
Nintendo seems to appeal to everyone. I wanted the Switch mainly to play Mario games. I don't think I've met anyone that didn't like Mario games. They liked some more than others, but never HATED Mario. I just didn't feel like dropping money on it until my daughter a couple years ago said she wanted one. LOL Perfect excuse! I don't like Mario games.
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Post by Mike Strike on Sept 20, 2023 14:15:15 GMT -5
I was hoping for a scenario where Game Pass ended up on the Switch. possible but I dont think the switch is strong enough to play xbox one and above games (though cloud streaming is more likely.) but it would easily handle xbox 360 games easily. Or maybe they add 3rd party Switch titles to the GP.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 20, 2023 14:37:01 GMT -5
Nintendo seems to appeal to everyone. I wanted the Switch mainly to play Mario games. I don't think I've met anyone that didn't like Mario games. They liked some more than others, but never HATED Mario. I just didn't feel like dropping money on it until my daughter a couple years ago said she wanted one. LOL Perfect excuse! I don't like Mario games. FOUND THE KOOPA
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Post by salz4life on Sept 20, 2023 14:39:24 GMT -5
There will always be one, I guess. LOL
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Post by Mike Strike on Sept 20, 2023 14:39:26 GMT -5
Phil Spencer: Nintendo's future isn't on their own hardware.
Also Phil: Yeah, so we're probably gonna shut this all down in a few years.
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Post by Scoops on Sept 20, 2023 16:31:16 GMT -5
3DS' sales were actually pretty unimpressive due to the emerging mobile market at the time. The original DS was a behemoth though. 3 of the top 5 best selling consoles are Nintendo (2 of the top 3 are Nintendo), 5 of the top 10 (3DS is one of them), and 8 of the top 15. Nintendo don't need to stop making hardware. Never said they did, just that the 3DS had unimpressive sales numbers, and when you take into account that it sold less than half as much as the original DS and is sandwiched between the PSP and Xbox One sales wise, it did.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 20, 2023 17:30:57 GMT -5
The 3DS sold nearly 76 million units. Yeah, it didn't sell as well as the DS but it was still incredibly successful in its own right. That and the DS is the best performing hardware for Nintendo ever as well as the second best selling video game system of all time (and only about a million behind the #1 PlayStation 2). The Switch might break that, but it's still got about 25 million units to go.
It's also a lot closer to the PSP's lifetime sales (around 80-82 million) than the Xbox One (around 58 million).
Let's not act like the 3DS was the Wii U, which was actually unimpressive (around 13.5 million).
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Post by Scoops on Sept 20, 2023 18:20:32 GMT -5
No, the WiiU was a disaster.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2023 1:13:08 GMT -5
Welp the Verge is reporting that this is a go
Tom Warren
This should hopefully get mighty interesting. I need to dump my Series S.
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