Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto
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#2I was pretty disappointed when they cancelled mobile Dr. Mario. That said, I think aggressively maintaining control is probably the best move - mobile is a race to the bottom, where you smother gameplay with pay-to-play and/or ads.
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#3> Mario Kart Tour has generated $300 million
Its crazy how this is considered a "failure" for Nintendo.
Then again, they spend more developing the "game" part of Mario Kart Tour than most mobile games, so maybe it isnt really worth it when a match 3 game can make twice as much?
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#4> Mario Kart Tour has generated $300 million Its crazy how this is considered a "failure" for Nintendo. Then again, they spend more developing the "game" part of Mario Kart Tour than most mobile games, so maybe it isnt really worth it when a match 3 game can make twice as much?
Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.
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#5when gameplay constraints collides with capitalistic mobile contraints. good game but bad business.
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#6I was pretty disappointed when they cancelled mobile Dr. Mario. That said, I think aggressively maintaining control is probably the best move - mobile is a race to the bottom, where you smother gameplay with pay-to-play and/or ads.
yeah this one hurt me too. i just had to go back to my backup copy of dr mario 64 on emulation
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#7> Mario Kart Tour has generated $300 million Its crazy how this is considered a "failure" for Nintendo. Then again, they spend more developing the "game" part of Mario Kart Tour than most mobile games, so maybe it isnt really worth it when a match 3 game can make twice as much?
Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.
Also, Nintendo famously maintains an iron grip over all its IPs, especially Mario.
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#8I was pretty disappointed when they cancelled mobile Dr. Mario. That said, I think aggressively maintaining control is probably the best move - mobile is a race to the bottom, where you smother gameplay with pay-to-play and/or ads.
This could have been the perfect opportunity to flip the mobile model. Screw it, charge $30 for the game and let it be a one time purchase, no micro transactions aside from content like new maps years from now, and no free version. People will still buy it because its mariokart, just like they buy the $60 version for their $300 switch, or how they buy skyrim 4x for each platform it gets rereleased on.
These major developers with prolific IPs come to the mobile market and act like they free+micro model is the only way to sell on mobile, but its also not like they've tried to experiment at all beyond just blindly following what everyone else is doing. Maybe the blind are leading the blind currently in this space, but there's no way to tell until someone steps up and finds the courage to try something different.
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#9> Mario Kart Tour has generated $300 million Its crazy how this is considered a "failure" for Nintendo. Then again, they spend more developing the "game" part of Mario Kart Tour than most mobile games, so maybe it isnt really worth it when a match 3 game can make twice as much?
Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.
I feel like brand image considerations went out the window when you could race a mercedes benz gle in mariokart.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.
I feel like brand image considerations went out the window when you could race a mercedes benz gle in mariokart.
It's a mild inclusion of a luxury car brand. I don't think it really hurt nintendo.