Nintendo "On Track" to Drop Hardware Says Industry Guru
Former Electronic Arts bigwig predicts same fate as SEGA for Mario maker
You may not have heard of Bing Gordon. He's a major voice behind the scenes of the games industry sitting on the boards of Amazon and Zynga. He used to be Chief Creative Officer at EA. He thinks Nintendo may have shot its hardware bolt.
Speaking to GamesIndustry he has some doomy things to say about Nintendo's future as a platform holder.
"I think Nintendo's already on track to become primarily a software company. We saw that with SEGA back in the day; SEGA made some missteps and became primarily a software company. Nintendo hasn't really made missteps, Nintendo probably has better creative talent and better leadership now than SEGA did.
"It's got the most robust business model, the best creative talent; Miyamoto's still the best in the business. Apple's most directly competitive with Nintendo. So far, when Miyamoto makes a perfect game, in his career he makes games worth $200 - it's worth buying a system for. I think the handheld is going to be under a lot of pressure. I can imagine a day when Nintendo wonders - and maybe it's generational change - when Nintendo wonders if they ought to take some of their best games and make them apps."
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Speaking to GamesIndustry he has some doomy things to say about Nintendo's future as a platform holder.
"I think Nintendo's already on track to become primarily a software company. We saw that with SEGA back in the day; SEGA made some missteps and became primarily a software company. Nintendo hasn't really made missteps, Nintendo probably has better creative talent and better leadership now than SEGA did.
"It's got the most robust business model, the best creative talent; Miyamoto's still the best in the business. Apple's most directly competitive with Nintendo. So far, when Miyamoto makes a perfect game, in his career he makes games worth $200 - it's worth buying a system for. I think the handheld is going to be under a lot of pressure. I can imagine a day when Nintendo wonders - and maybe it's generational change - when Nintendo wonders if they ought to take some of their best games and make them apps."
What do you think? Tell us in the Free and Friendly Forum.
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