If any of you haven't heard in the world of Nintendo, the Nintendo Switch could be Nintendo's final console.


Nintendo's President Shuntaro Furukawa that in the future that they will focus away from the Home Console market, He basically stated that "We aren't really fixated on our consoles."


Furukawa also said "after being in the video gaming market for nearly 40 years, and being in business for 130 years, and all of the ups and downs that the company has faced, we were thinking... What's next for Nintendo? Maybe a shift away from the home console market, maybe focus more onto the mobile market, flexibility is just as important as ingenuity, What Furukawa was thinking ways to not have anymore fluctuation instability (meaning constant highs and lows), he likes to go ahead and focus more onto the whole mobile phone market, which I can see, since the N64-era, we had a pattern between a good console and a bad console, (N64 was good, GameCube was bad, Wii was good, Wii-U was bad, and the Switch was good, means going by the pattern, the next console would more likely be a bad console).


Furukawa also state that this is NOT going to be the end of the Switch's lifetime though, he state that the console has been out for nearly 2 years, and it still to this day, a very popular console, and it's extremely too early to give up on the home console market right now. Furukawa wants to focus on adding more Nintendo games on Smartphones, but at the same time, he wants to add exclusive games on the Switch as well. So, once the Switch starts to feel it's age (probably late 2020's), then they will focus 100% on the mobile market.


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What are you're thoughts about this decision that Nintendo is making that after the Switch?


Personally, I'm 50/50 on the whole ordeal, because now a days, people are turning more and more away from home consoles, and this isn't just with Nintendo, but it's also happening with Sony, Microsoft, and Valve (Steam), so this is a smart idea that Nintendo is doing to keep their audience, but at the same time, they're some traditional gamers (like myself) much rather play my video games on either a console/handheld or a computer, and not ona device that I make phone calls on, so I don't like the idea of moving solely on the mobile market.



The links I were reading...

Eurogamer
Express UK

It's interesting but also still a stretch.

The switch will stay relevant for a long time. It's very possible they will change their mind about this when the time finally comes to lay the switch to rest. Nintendo needs to keep up with other companies and if they are the only ones making this transition, it could either put them way ahead or destroy them. (Obviously using extremes here).

I don't like the idea of Nintendo leaving the home console market entirely - The Switch has proven they can definitely still innovate in ways that people love. Their home consoles have always been flawed, often being behind on the technological curve and relying on gimmicks, but all of them were profitable and generally liked by the people that owned them - hell, the Wii U actually managed to turn a profit despite being the home console equivalent to the Playstation Vita, and is already going on eBay for surprisingly high prices. In the same way I don't want Microsoft or Sony to leave the console market, I don't want Nintendo leaving either because that means less games and less choice, and less choice often leads to worse treatment for the consumer because their options are fewer.

I don't like this idea at all. No matter how good phones are now or how good Nintendo is at making games, right now phones cant play games even close to the capabilities of the Switch and even 3DS games. If they were to do this within like 5 years it would be a huge step back. If they do this I don't see it working unless they wait a decade or more until phones can run Skyrim and cost $2000.

That's... depressing. Mobile games to me have always been more like lame gimmicks than actual games. I don't have a single one on my phone anymore, apart from Pokemon Go. I would hate to see a great company like Nintendo regress to that.

Also, the GameCube wasn't bad! The Wii U was pretty terrible though.

Furret :  Yeah, I know that The Switch will last quite a long time, because like I said, it's been out for 2 years, and it's extremely popular, and in fact, Nintendo has just released it's most popular game for it's console (Super Smash Bros Ultimate), and remember, the Smash community lasts a really long time, like the Smash Community was on the Wii between Brawl's release in 2008, all the way to just before 3DS/Wii-U's release in 2014 (a full 6 years), and the Smash Community was on the 3DS as well as the Wii-U between the 3DS/Wii-U's release in 2014, all the way to Ultimate's release in 2018 (a full 4 years).

So, personally, as long as the Smash community is going strong, I highly doubt that Nintendo will give up the Switch. Personally, I still have hopes that Nintendo will catch up to Sony and Microsoft, their is always a saying, "slow and steady always wins the race"



NovemberJoy : Right, Like I said, sure, a lot of gamers, especially young gamers, are turning towards mobile gaming, and the whole mobile gaming market is starting to alienating all of the traditional console/handheld/PC gamers, and it's really sickening. Sure, Nintendo had some flaws in their 40 years in the video gaming market, such as the Virtual Boy & the Wii-U

dark mode : Right, I don't really like mobile gaming at all, all mobile gaming is, basically lasting 2 minutes of gameplay and all of a sudden, you're done, and on top of that, you got advertisements & micro-transactions out the ass, and three, you might be in the middle of a game, and all of a sudden *RING* *RING* *RING*, your gameplay is interrupted because you got a phone call.

tgags123 : Like I said to Dark Mode / Zander, all mobile gaming is all garbage. Also the Game Cube was a pretty good console though, but quite a few Nintendo fans still kinda disagree with the console though, so, more in likely that it's in the mediocre category, but personally to me, I think the Game Cube was a pretty great console myself, it's got great games such as Luigi Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee (The Smash Community's favorite game), and just to name a few.

IgorBird122 : Yeah, Heck the best Pokemon games on mobile are Go and Quest. They're good and all but their very small and simple and have minimal graphics.

It's impossible to even run Lets Go on a phone and you probably can't even run smaller games like Diamond.

I’d love to see Nintendo drift into the PC market. To make official controllers that are Bluetooth enabled and games that are supported by PCs. If Nintendo is moving away from hardware, this move makes a lot of sense. They could release their old games on PC on Steam, and support and create new ones frequently. They could even have a partnership! For example, Nintendo could re-release Wii controllers and Nunchuks, GC controllers, and more for games officially supported on PC! Nintendo would stay relevant by digging into what is becoming more and more relevant.

tgags123 : Mobile games are branching out. I didn’t know this would happen when I wanted the game a while back, but Monster Hunter Stories has an Android and an iPhone port...and they’re great! I’ve been playing a lot on iPhone and have encounter no major glitches. In addition, the interface is excellent! It reminds me of when Layton’s Mystery Journey was released on iPhone and Android before 3DS...at the price of only $16. More and more ports are making their way on onto phones...we might even see Nintendo support 3DS Pokémon games on phones in the future.

dark mode : Probably phones in like 5-10 years might be able to handle Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum as well as Pokemon Black/White Black 2/White 2. Till then, it's not happening.

supernerd117 : Like I told Dark/Zander, it might be awhile till we see Gen VI & VII games on mobile devices, because Nintendo probably have no issue putting on Gen I, II, & III games on mobile devices, but it will more likely be The Pokemon Company that will add these games and not Nintendo, plus they also have to release Gen IV & V games as well, which will take some time. But as for having games playable on PC, they would more likely do it on their own website instead of having it on other PC platforms such as Steam. But since the Switch is still active, that won't be happening anytime soon, especially that Nintendo rather prefer that their games be played on their console/handhelds.

Nintendo to me was always a handheld cash cow, I never really owned any Nintendo home consoles. In my opinion the Nintendo consoles really aren't to appealing, mainly because nintendo games aren't geared for what most console gamers are looking for (blood, gore, and action with realistic centered games) what really turned me away from there home consoles was the game catalog (or rather a lack there of) and honestly just because I out grew the games that released for the system(s) there demographic is geared more towards family friendly and children's games not really what console gamers are looking for. As for Nintendos idea of focusing more on mobile games like for mobile phones i think thats a terrible idea , granted they could make alot of money from micro transactions (which is probably what they are going for) but ultimately I think Nintendo should stick to there handheld market where they have always been best at after all look at the switch(its technically a handheld), the DS, the Game Boy, The game boy advanced , Gameboy advanced Sp, 3DS etc. I really can't name a bad Nintendo handheld everyone has had one or all of these at one point or another so in my opinion they should stick to what they are best at and perfect the switch and handhelds like the 3DS 

Well, I guess I have to stop liking Zelda games after the Switch dies unless they go multi-platform, because I'm just not into mobile or handheld gaming. I almost always use the Switch docked.

I sincerely doubt they'll shy away from the console market, what was stated was simply that they would fill the gap by focusing on mobile should the console industry tank. A lot of people are into smartphone and other mobile options such as handhelds.

There has been a lot of misleading misinformation around this topic. They aren't explicitly stopping console production in the future, they're saying they'll refocus their efforts on mobile should the console industry go through a rough patch. Simple as that.

yoshirulez! : Yeah, we all remember the whole VIdeo Game crash of 1983 and the Video Game Great Depression of 1983-1985, maybe that they might go with the mobile phones just in case that another Video Game recession happens again like in '83-'85.

Plus Nintendo has been well known for handhelds, and has been since 1989, and SEGA, NEO GEO, and Sony tried to cash in the handheld market, and all 3 didn't even come close to Nintendo in the handheld market.


m0ssb3rg935 : Not a lot of people don't really like playing games on their phones, unless you're bored to death and have nothing else to do.


Divine Aurora : Not to worry, I'm not some fans that will get triggered by your statement, I respect your opinion, and that's cool, Nintendo isn't your gaming company. Plus not all Nintendo games are "only for kids and all" but it's also for traditional gamers (like myself) as well that likes the classic game feel over the more modern and advance games of the PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

IgorBird122 : I didn't mean it the way it sounded typed lol, I'm a nintendo fan, I still own and play my 3DS, Gameboy advanced,  its just console wise there games aren't really that satisfying to play on  the consoles take mario for example , I played super mario world on my gameboy for hours on end , but while i have a wii and new super mario bros wii , i played it once because of how awkward the wii controller was. I guess to me Nintendo games are best played on handheld because of there playstyle they are all mostly side scrolling platformers, now don't get me wrong the switch is by far there best "console" (i use console loosely when describing the switch) because to me it plays better in its handheld form even though it can be essentially "streamed" to your tv. I'm not knocking Nintendo, there games are some of the most iconic its just when it comes to making consoles they suck at it , with the kind of games they produce i feel as though handheld systems are the way to go and if they can incorporate the switches graphics into fiture handhelds then nintendo will be just fine.

It would be EXTREMELY depressing if Nintendo started shelling out dime-a-dozen pay-to-win mobile games instead of their high-quality console games. Yeah yeah, I know Pokémon Go was a huge hit, but if that was ALL Nintendo put out, it would be really sad.

And neither the GameCube nor the Wii-U were "bad" consoles - they just didn't make as much money as other consoles. Why do you think so many Wii-U games have been rereleased for the Switch? Because the Wii-U DID have a lot of high-quality games, but a lot of people didn't get to play them because they didn't own Wii-U's. 

Divine Aurora : I do agree that Nintendo is more favorite the Handheld market than the Console market, Hell, even the Nintendo DS became the 2nd best selling console/handheld of all time all across the planet (only being beaten by the PlayStation 2). As for the Switch, some consider it as a Console, and some considered as an handheld, mostly depends on how the player plays it, like I more play the Switch as a console over a handheld.


LieselSolo : Kinda like I said, the Game Cube was a pretty great console, I got to say, I used to own a Nintendo GameCube, and always played the hell out of the thing (Mostly Mario Party games, Super Mario Sunshine, and Luigi's Mansion). As for the Wii-U, tell you the truth, it was a good console, I got to admit, sure, a lot of people didn't like it, but it is a highly underrated console that should of got more lovin.

But still, I personally think that going with all mobile would be a bad idea, we know on how mobile gaming can be, so it could lead to disaster.