Link: ‘Nintendo’s 1-Up’

M.G. Siegler lays out the case that Nintendo’s recent foray into the world of mobile gaming amounts to little more than a band-aid over more serious problems.

I am, perhaps, a bit less jaded in my own estimations. As the truly amazing sales of the PS4 (and to a lesser degree the Xbox One) demonstrate, the world still has a place for “real” gaming. If Nintendo manages to release a console that isn’t terrible and gimmicky, they won’t be in any danger of going out of business any time soon.

Which isn’t to say they don’t have a problem in mobile. It’s hard to imagine whatever successor they have planned to the 3DS will achieve anywhere near the sales of it’s predecessors – mobile phones have consumed much of that market. But Nintendo isn’t stupid, and they can react to this trend. The same type of thinking that lead to the undeniably creative Nintendo DS hardware can lead to successful mobile gaming. This is their first, tentative step in this direction.

Money doesn’t lie. When Nintendo sees the money they’re raking in from the crappy freemium drivel DeNa sells, they’ll realize just how huge the opportunity is for real Nintendo games on iOS.