Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

Post by taeric » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #137

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Considering that pokemon is also a card game... :)

Even when the cards themselves were popular it was as a collectible supporting the video game and TV show, not as a primary interest. That their popularity derives entirely from recent innovations implies their conservatism is not what makes them successful.

Post by serge2k » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 10:28 PM UTC

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> at least with reviewers Because that's how big budget blockbuster films successes are judged. Reviewers.

Just in case you're not simply being facetious: whether movies are well-reviewed or not definitely influences their success.

Post by taeric » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 2:56 AM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #144

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I don't know if I follow your point. They probably had some equipment that was ideal for printing and shipping cards. They were able to leverage that equipment to make money. Specifically stated, there is money they would not have been able to make, had they not also printed some playing cards. Do you think it would have made sense to just abandon that money?

> Specifically stated, there is money they would not have been able to make, had they not also printed some playing cards. Sure, there's also money I'm not making by not busking. It doesn't mean busking is a good way to invest my time and money.

Post by vidarh » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 10:19 AM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #139

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It's probably a rounding error by now, though big enough that they host tournaments etc.. But the point was to illustrate that Nintendo is in fact a quite conservative company - they've held on to what they started doing well over a century ago, despite having switched focus to video games 35 years ago, after spending 25 years researching and developing new businesses to find the right new direction. I'd argue that a…

> But the point was to illustrate that Nintendo is in fact a quite conservative company - they've held on to what they started doing well over a century ago, despite having switched focus to video games 35 years ago, after spending 25 years researching and developing new businesses to find the right new direction. I agree with this, but I can't say it's clear that's a good way of doing business.

Post by mercer » Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 1:01 PM UTC

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The difference is that PGO was developed by Niantic, a third party developer, who pays Nintendo licensing fees. The licensing terms were not public, so it makes sense that the initial pricing of Nintendo would favor them to be optimistic, before correcting to a lower price upon hearing the news from Nintendo that the fees would minimally affect revenue. Mario will be developed directly by Nintendo and they will keep…

>>Mario will be developed directly by Nintendo and they will keep 100% of the revenue it generates. Minus the 30% that Apple takes.