The sorry state of the Wii U

[squirrelfriend]

nintendo could just derive something from android and make a snazzy os
take away samsung's market share
lower r&d too

[bluaki]

If Nintendo makes an Android phone, I wonder how they'd handle app distribution. Adopting Google Play Services doesn't seem like something they'd do, but I question how much success they could have with their own app market.

[C.Mongler]

nintendo could just derive something from android and make a snazzy os
take away samsung's market share
lower r&d too

i 100% agree, but given nintendo's track record of making/working with a competent OS i would be shocked to see this happen

[squirrelfriend]

If Nintendo makes an Android phone, I wonder how they'd handle app distribution. Adopting Google Play Services doesn't seem like something they'd do, but I question how much success they could have with their own app market.

if it's like full-fledged games they make specifically for the platform it could work
make it the successor to the 3ds
maybe make a tablet version non-phone version like the wii u gamepad was heading towards
people are going to emulate their games anyhow it's a fact of life

nintendo could just derive something from android and make a snazzy os
take away samsung's market share
lower r&d too

i 100% agree, but given nintendo's track record of making/working with a competent OS i would be shocked to see this happen

it could be lipstick on a pig and nintendo fans would still eat it up

[C.Mongler]

the home screen will have two buttons

• play mario?


• answer thinly veiled market research question?

[squirrelfriend]

miitomo is nintendo testing the waters at ui design whilst gathering market data they can sell to use as a buffer

[C.Mongler]

miitomo was fun for posting dank memes for the first 3 days and then i spent all my coins on booty shorts and now it's INCREDIBLY boring and pointless, which is a darn shame. i hope the fire emblem and animal crossing mobile games aren't the same shit

[squirrelfriend]

well it was the novelty of the mii channel all over again so it was fun for its purpose tbh

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Nintendo should just release a smartphone at this rate
It'd be a hit with the wii sports market
Parents could limit who their children call
They could make it easier for seniors to use their phones and not get scammed by strangers

this would be a complete waste of time and money for nintendo

to release the umpteenth gimmick lagdroid smartphone in a market that's already vastly overcrowded and yields negative profits for nearly everyone involved, even giant industry veterans like lg and sony who are much better equipped to absorb losses from their mobile divisions

[squirrelfriend]

Nintendo should just release a smartphone at this rate
It'd be a hit with the wii sports market
Parents could limit who their children call
They could make it easier for seniors to use their phones and not get scammed by strangers

this would be a complete waste of time and money for nintendo

to release the umpteenth gimmick lagdroid smartphone in a market that's already vastly overcrowded and yields negative profits for nearly everyone involved, even giant industry veterans like lg and sony

have you done market research tell me your stats pls
i think if it had traditional games it would do well
make the next generation of full-fledged pokemon games run on it tbh guaranteed system seller
make the next generation of animal crossing run on it
make [any universally popular nintendo franchise] run on it
nintendo could make an ngage clone and people would buy it
the console makers sell their consoles at a loss anyhow so i don't see how this refutes anything

[C.Mongler]

also sony has been bleeding money for years on their non-gaming ventures, i'm not sure where the constant argument sony = HOLY GREEN nintendo = HELLFIRE RED comes from either lol, if anything nintendo has more room to take a risk on a android hybrid than sony would

[squirrelfriend]

before b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but playstation mobile, sony doesn't even have unique ip they can leverage that i think everyone would want either
maybe lbp and dreams are the closest to universal appeal so i can make my diatribe about mras a level

[Kalahari Inkantation]

list of android oems who actually make money:

-samsung

list of android oems who piss blood:

-literally everyone else

http://www.androidauthority.com/apple-has-95-of-smartphone-profits-656093/

what makes you think inexperienced nintendo could prove to be be a second samsung among android oems and not just another lenovo at best lol

[squirrelfriend]

list of android oems who actually make money:

-samsung

list of android oems who piss blood:

-literally everyone else

http://www.androidauthority.com/apple-has-95-of-smartphone-profits-656093/

what makes you think inexperienced nintendo could prove to be be a second samsung among android oems and not just another lenovo at best lol

well tec the selling point of samsung is the SOFTWARE
i don't think any of those other companies have like any good software titles and they just share the same pool of generic android apps to choose from

[Kalahari Inkantation]

all of those companies ship their devices with their own android skin, and in fact i hear at least as many complaints about samsung's deep and often bloated customization as i hear praise lol

not to mention the fact that the complexity of mobile games is severely limited by the standard touch-only interface

can nintendo really make money on a software ecosystem based on things like flappy tanooki

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