SideQuesting.com:
"With NIntendo's financial situation and increased competition from other sources, there is a growing outcry to put their games -- especially classics -- on iOS as a sure sell. There's just one problem: it'll never happen."
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.
Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.
The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.
Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.
LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.
That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.
It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.
A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.
People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers
Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.
I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.
The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷♂️
Games like Infinity Blade selling 3 million copies for $1 each= $3 million.
You have good sales for iOS games because anyone can spend $1, but I am sure Nintendo wouldn't cut the price for a game like Mario (they would need to cut the price for a regular 3DS game too, and this will make Mario have less value in the market)
A 3DS game like Mario selling 500k copies for $30= $15 million.
A 2D Mario game usually sells 10 million copies, which is something around $300 millions (10 million copies x $30).
Now I ask you: Why would Nintendo put their games on iOS? Mario would lose it's value, Nintendo platforms would lose it's value, there is no good.
If they put games like Mario on the iOS it will probably sell but it will give a much lower profit even if it sell 20 million copies. And it's also bad for Nintendo's platform (because Mario would no longer be an exclusive).
Those analysts needs to think and use their brains before they say "heeeey Nintendo needs to put games on iOS".
It would be a very stupid move.
Really I don't have any thing against phone games but 100% touch controland no buttons? no thanks
iOS? Lol... Super Mario Bros. on Android would be awesome, OFFICIALLY. But because I have an Android I can play games from any console from the NES to the N64 and PlayStation all perfectly with no lag. I can even use my Wii Remote with it or a specialized gamepad I got for it too. Android FTW.