Nintendo is dying. Today the company attempted to wow gamers with an "extensive line-up that has probably never been seen before in the history of video games," announced company president Satoru Iwata, but the offerings failed to impress, Reuters's Isabel Reynolds reports. "Nintendo's attempt to rescue its failed 3DS handheld games gadget failed to dispel market gloom, triggering a 5 percent share slide and stoking deep worries for an iconic brand desperate to win back users." Nintendo's not just some one-hit wunderkind to come out of the digital revolution. For many decades the company has popped out gaming and console hits alike. But things are different now; gaming has changed. Its gone mobile and Nintendo refuses to jump on that. And its reluctance to evolve is suicidal.
by By Rebecca Greenfield at The Atlantic Wire
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 🤷♂️
I remember all those shitty articles were all approved when it was about how much Sony was failing.
Even when those articles were looking the same. Nobody to report for a duplicate...
I naturally report this crap, just saying...
I hate these articles. If you're going to say Nintendo is killing themselves, you need to at least mention Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and the Last Story.
Not to mention, has anyone even considered that quite possibly that some people are just tired of playing the same old nintendo games/remakes over and over again? Yes zelda might sell systems but only to the hardcore ninty fan. Where is 3ds killer NEW ip? Also, has anyone considered that maybe all the bad press about health issues when it launched might have killed it? I've played the 3ds and IMO, glasses free 3d just isn't that great. To me, it felt more like it was images stacked on top of one another or layered; not the same 3d u get from theaters. I think all of those things need to b considered too. Im tired of hearing about the mobile market threat. It may exist but I don't think its to the effect people make it out to be. CASUAL may have interest in CASUAL mobile games, but I speak for alot of people when I say that the hardcore gamer is unmoved/uninterested in mobile phone gaming. Mobile gaming is crap and offers nowhere near the experience gained from console/handheld gaming. For those that argue casual gaming will determine the direction of gaming ... games like COD, uncharted, assassins creed, Gears of War that sold millions was the casual gamers interest/purchase? WRONG, that was due to the HARDCORE market ... u can't play those games on mobile phones. There will ALWAYS b a market for hardcore games bc that is something casual mobile games cannot offer. There have always been a market for both, difference is now is that the line seperating the two is more defined than it used to be. I play my games on dedicated systems, my WIFE plays phone games bc theyre simple and cheap. Casual gamers now have a cheaper alternative to spending $60 on a game they may rarely play to get their gaming fix. It doesnt mean hardcore gaming is in jeopordy bc its not, just that casual is just now starting to get their own individual market instead. There will always be a market for consoles/handhelds and anyone who thinks differently just arent thinking at all. You get what u pay for. The games might be cheap but will maybe last u a week, while my $60 game will last me months if not longer.
I agree. I hope they can turn this one around and hopefully the Wii U can bring some hope.
What a terrible opinion piece Rebecca. Utter fail! :)