For some reason, many are convinced that Nintendo is doomed (it’s not) and that the best course of action for the Japanese company would be to do a SEGA; abandon the hardware business and stick to just making those incredible games. Well, it’s not happening.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who’s already proven himself to be a bit of a forward-thinking guy, believes that while going multiplatform might help in the short term, it certainly won’t do the company any favours over time.
“If I was to take responsibility for the company for just the next one or two years, and if I was not concerned about the long-term future of Nintendo at all, it might make sense for us to provide our important franchises for other platforms, and then we might be able to gain some short-term profit,“ he told CVG.
“However, I’m really responsible for the long-term future of Nintendo as well, so I would never think about providing our precious resources for other platforms at all.”
And he’s right. Nintendo’s rich and unique library of games is the reason people buy Nintendo’s hardware. It’s certainly not because of the lacklustre 3rd party lineup.
Last Updated: August 8, 2013
Lourens Jordaan
August 8, 2013 at 14:03
DOOOOOOOOOM I say!!! Repent now!!! The end is near!
Trevor Davies
August 8, 2013 at 14:29
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Hammersteyn
August 8, 2013 at 14:37
Bwahaha
Admiral Chief Zombie Slayer
August 8, 2013 at 14:45
Love it
Lourens Jordaan
August 8, 2013 at 14:46
TUUUUUUUNNNNAAAAAAAA!!!! Awesome. Made my day
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2013 at 14:06
Two words. Pokemon MMO.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 8, 2013 at 14:14
agreed, stocks will sky rocket
TiMsTeR1033
August 8, 2013 at 14:14
3 words lower console price
Lourens Jordaan
August 8, 2013 at 14:16
one word, DOOOOOM!!!
TiMsTeR1033
August 8, 2013 at 14:22
agreed
Unavengedavo
August 8, 2013 at 15:30
Technically its one word and an acronym…
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2013 at 16:22
True so very true.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 8, 2013 at 14:08
Obviously Nintendo isn’t doomed, Jeez, the Vita isn’t doomed either. give these consoles time dammit
TiMsTeR1033
August 8, 2013 at 14:14
Dont be sad Umar “sun is warm grass is green”
Lourens Jordaan
August 8, 2013 at 14:16
It’s dooooomed!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 8, 2013 at 14:17
NO! It’s not
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Lourens Jordaan
August 8, 2013 at 14:20
It might be or it might not, all I know is that they’ll need to up their game.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 8, 2013 at 14:21
Ya no, that is for sure, it will take time, 3DS is now only picking up, so hopefully Ninty will ramp it up
TiMsTeR1033
August 8, 2013 at 14:23
Id be happy if could play mario on other consoles. hell wanted to play nintendo games entire life yet never bought a nintendo console ever.
Twilord Colm
September 5, 2013 at 02:14
Then take the plunge into the world of Nintendo now before…
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simeon tuoyo
August 8, 2013 at 14:17
Don’t be so sure! Nintendo isn’t doomed yet, I think the company need to emback on a new strategy.
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Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 8, 2013 at 14:20
I don’t understand the ‘Link’ between Nintendo and your Link? 3 link references in this comment, can you find them
DrKiller
August 8, 2013 at 15:10
Good luck finding Wii-U’s in SA to buy 😉 Last I heard is that suppliers don’t stock them anymore
TiMsTeR1033
August 8, 2013 at 15:27
You are actually right hey, cna and bt games are not selling wii u on websites by the looks of it…..
Steven Shearing
August 9, 2013 at 13:28
I’m a Nintendo fan and bought all the consoles so far(still got my n64,gbc,gba,gamecube,wii all in working condition) expect for wii-u and to be fair it took a long time before I decided to buy a 3s and the simple reason is price.
I can buy cheap xbox360 and ps4 games cheap or even cheaper pre-owned but yet the 3ds game prices just don’t seem to be dropping even after a year of a games released.
Nintendo is more aim towards young children then it is towards adults and yet they expect children to pay though the teeth, it needs to be more pocket money friendly.
jrockjesse
August 10, 2013 at 03:07
I can tell you exactly why nintendo is not doomed, simply the fact is that, Nintendo is worth about 18 billion and worth a significant amount more then sega during the doom of sega, nintendo has enough to cover its losses, So even if the wii u fails hard nintendo has more then enough money to make a high powered console to put themselves back in the game.
JCimg
August 10, 2013 at 11:10
Sega started 3rd party, became 1st party, then returned to 3rd party. In Japan Nintendo has always been first party. In America they went from 3rd party to 1st party. Since they’re based in JAPAN, they’re going to keep doing what they’ve done for over 35 years (no, the Famicom was NOT their first system).
EhenTi LaNero
September 3, 2013 at 16:39
really it’s more like a 100 years, and your right the Famicom is not their first…
Johnny5
September 19, 2013 at 08:41
No, they have NOT been making VIDEO GAMES for 124 years, HANAFUDA, yes, but video games NO! They have been making VIDEO GAMES for 36 years, and they’ve been doing that for over 35 years- do your homework next time.
EhenTi LaNero
September 19, 2013 at 18:44
you never said videogames, i was talking bout doing there own thing. don’t have a cow man!!!
JCimg
August 10, 2013 at 11:12
Is this 1996, or 2001, or 2006, or 2013??? They said Nintendo was doomed when the N64 was the main system. Again in 2001 Nintendo was doomed when they made the GameCube. In 2006 the Wii and Nintendo were doomed. Now, in 2013 Nintendo is “doomed”. Well, for the last 20 years they’ve shown it’s great to be “doomed”!!
EhenTi LaNero
September 3, 2013 at 16:40
what you said…