MS could get
out of the console business tomorrow and I would not miss them one bit.
Back in 2006, Mr. Pachter predicted that Nintendo will soon pull -
out of the console business.
Ever one can see that Microsoft wants
out of the console business.
It flopped so badly that it knocked Sega clean
out of the console business, right?
Sega was able to bow
out of the console business gracefully and pull themselves back up in the eyes of gamers and the industry.
Not exact matches
Just before its release
of Nintendo's Switch
console this March, we wrote that a failed launch could push the storied firm
out of the hardware
business altogether.
The new team furiously started spitting
out added features and new versions
of Skype every four to six weeks, and dove into significant new
businesses, including smartphone apps, deals to embed Skype in consumer products like TVs and game
consoles, and partnerships with Facebook and Verizon Wireless (VZ).
All
of that is to say it might be premature to suggest that Konami is getting
out of the
business of publishing traditional
console games, and the company's portfolio still includes beloved series like Castlevania and Pro Evolution Soccer in addition to Silent Hill and Metal Gear.
I don't even mind the Tron dashboard anymore (though the center bias will never be a good idea), and I actually enjoyed the monolithic center
console that felt like something
out of business class on an airliner.
Brabus is planning to offer the Rocket 900 to businessmen and businesswomen who are in a serious hurry: the iBusiness multimedia package, previously seen on the latest iteration
of the Brabus
Business Sedan, includes folding tables that extend
out from the center
console in the rear, a 15 - 6 inch TFT screen and an iPad Mini that comes with a built - in docking station.
I started
out in arcades and pretty much, to keep working, I had to move to the
console — well, consumer side
of the
business — because the arcade crash actually happened in the summer
of 1982, six months after I joined Atari.
- despite the new
business partnership with Cygames, Nintendo is very satisfied with its mobile
business - they are also happy with the various projects created in partnership with DeNA, and their relationship will continue - Nintendo is trying to expand its lineup
of mobile games - Cygames had a plan for a title that was very deep and Nintendo thought it was important to develop and operate it jointly - DeNA doesn't just support Nintendo's mobile applications, but also its Nintendo Account system with tech and dev support - those areas
of Nintendo's partnership will also continue - Nintendo is open to partner with other companies as well in the future - by using Nintendo IP in mobile apps, the company wants to spread awareness about Nintendo's characters - ultimately they'd like it to become synergistic with the
console business - Nintendo wants to make mobile games one
of the pillars
of revenue - it's not enough to just expand dedicated internal development resources for this goal - this is why Nintendo is looking for possibilities to do it externally as well - Nintendo thought that Cygames» plan with Dragalia Lost was common ground for the companies, so they decided to partner - one important factor to think about when managing a company like Nintendo is that its products aren't daily necessities - Nintendo creates entertainment and fun, and the essence
of its
business will remain unchanged - Nintendo says it's a high - risk
business, and there are times in which performance could be good or bad - Nintendo will continue to create specialized gaming hardware and software for the world - the aim is to be successful every time, but sometimes it will work
out, and sometimes it won't - instead
of thinking «I can't do this» they'd rather think «what can we do to continuously tighten our relationship with the customers?»
if sony do go
out of business, Micro $ oft will monopolise gaming, and I'll ditch
consoles for good and become a PC gamer!
It's the one flop I've witnessed that knocked a major
console manufacturer
out of the
business because
of the flop alone and not all the residual bullshit that comes with it, like the toll on share prices or devaluing the brand name.
GameStop started off in the
business of buying and selling new and used video games and
consoles, but as that market continued to shrink, the company had to branch
out into other complementary
businesses.
A lot
of insiders, analysts, and industry folk are speaking
out about Nintendo and their
console business, and things are not looking good for the Wii - U.
You know it's funny, if 10 years ago you told me that Sega would be
out of the
console making
business and be a key player in publishing good PC strategy games, I'd have called you crazy.
Unfortunately for fans
of M - rated games, those titles do not sell on the Wii U compared to other
consoles, so as Game Informer reports in an interview with Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot, the company is scaling back on its Wii U plans and getting
out of the M - rated game
business on Wii U.
Microsoft has released a video showcasing these improvements, and how they went about the
business of eking most
out of the new
console and motion controller's hardware.