Nintendo Admits It’s Not “Totally Secure” With Making A Generational Transition

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https://exputer.com/news/industry/ninte ... ransition/

As translated by VGC, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently appeared in a financial briefing Q&A with shareholders to discuss the issue of generational transition to a new console. Shuntaro claimed that the company is not “totally secure” about moving over to the next-gen due to some flawed past experiences. However, he has clarified the publisher takes the matter seriously and wants to face the transition with “unique propositions.”

"The generational transition of platforms in the dedicated gaming console business is never easy. We have experienced significant challenges following successful platforms multiple times, so we never consider our current situation to be totally secure,” said the president.

The president also talks about the various challenges it faces in the dedicated console business, which makes the shift to the Nintendo Switch successor much harder. So, the company wants to continue offering “unique propositions to become a brand that customers choose.” Shuntaro admits that to overcome a slew of challenges, sticking with the current hardware-software console business is the best strategy at the moment.

Therefore, various internal researches and developments are underway over at Nintendo. The president mentions that Nintendo consoles are “not daily necessities,” so people can quickly lose attention if they are not interesting.

"Therefore, it’s crucial to continue efforts to make Nintendo feel close, even outside of the dedicated gaming console, increase customers who support Nintendo IP over the long term, and maintain connections with our customers.”

With the longstanding and persistent rumors of Switch 2 it's interesting to see Nintendo be candid about their position here. With Microsoft supposedly rumored to be bowing out of home console development in the foreseeable future I wonder how that influences Nintendo's decision-making. It's certainly an interesting development and seems next-gen may shake things up in terms of major players in the market.

Hopefully Nintendo does well, I've grown quite a dislike for Sony & Microsoft over the past decade now, and they're only getting worse in many ways. What I'd like to see is Sony bow out next, and see Valve step up with a more mainstream Steam Deck 2 to take the position for stronger consoles, seeing as Nintendo's hardware nowadays is always on the weaker end.

[SkyDragon]

Nintendo used to be my favorite as a kid, and teen. I don't really shill for big corporations anymore, but I haven't bought anything nintendo, microsoft, or sony since the wii, 360, ps3 generation. PC master race I guess. I think nintendo is a special kind of evil over microsoft and sony, like sue a little kid for a lemonade stand with mario evil.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

I actually think Nintendo is the lesser of three evils among them. They are by far the more litigious of them, but they don't actively peddle divisive social commentary. I just want to play video games, not be lectured to by brands.

But yeah, PC is the way to go for sure, and the cheapest long-term.

[AntonellaBiserka]

https://exputer.com/news/industry/ninte ... ransition/

As translated by VGC, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently appeared in a financial briefing Q&A with shareholders to discuss the issue of generational transition to a new console. Shuntaro claimed that the company is not “totally secure” about moving over to the next-gen due to some flawed past experiences. However, he has clarified the publisher takes the matter seriously and wants to face the transition with “unique propositions.”

"The generational transition of platforms in the dedicated gaming console business is never easy. We have experienced significant challenges following successful platforms multiple times, so we never consider our current situation to be totally secure,” said the president.

The president also talks about the various challenges it faces in the dedicated console business, which makes the shift to the Nintendo Switch successor much harder. So, the company wants to continue offering “unique propositions to become a brand that customers choose.” Shuntaro admits that to overcome a slew of challenges, sticking with the current hardware-software console business is the best strategy at the moment.

Therefore, various internal researches and developments are underway over at Nintendo. The president mentions that Nintendo consoles are “not daily necessities,” so people can quickly lose attention if they are not interesting.

"Therefore, it’s crucial to continue efforts to make Nintendo feel close, even outside of the dedicated gaming console, increase customers who support Nintendo IP over the long term, and maintain connections with our customers.”

With the longstanding and persistent rumors of Switch 2 it's interesting to see Nintendo be candid about their position here. With Microsoft supposedly rumored to be bowing out of home console development in the foreseeable future I wonder how that influences Nintendo's decision-making. It's certainly an interesting development and seems next-gen may shake things up in terms of major players in the market.

Hopefully Nintendo does well, I've grown quite a dislike for Sony & Microsoft over the past decade now, and they're only getting worse in many ways. What I'd like to see is Sony bow out next, and see Valve step up with a more mainstream Steam Deck 2 to take the position for stronger consoles, seeing as Nintendo's hardware nowadays is always on the weaker end.

Nintendo's having a tough time with this console transition, huh? Can't blame them, that's gotta be a tricky challenge even for a giant like them.

It's interesting the president admits they're not "totally secure" about moving to the next-gen. I guess even the big boys get nervous with new hardware launches. Am really looking forward to what Nintendo will do.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

https://exputer.com/news/industry/ninte ... ransition/

As translated by VGC, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently appeared in a financial briefing Q&A with shareholders to discuss the issue of generational transition to a new console. Shuntaro claimed that the company is not “totally secure” about moving over to the next-gen due to some flawed past experiences. However, he has clarified the publisher takes the matter seriously and wants to face the transition with “unique propositions.”

"The generational transition of platforms in the dedicated gaming console business is never easy. We have experienced significant challenges following successful platforms multiple times, so we never consider our current situation to be totally secure,” said the president.

The president also talks about the various challenges it faces in the dedicated console business, which makes the shift to the Nintendo Switch successor much harder. So, the company wants to continue offering “unique propositions to become a brand that customers choose.” Shuntaro admits that to overcome a slew of challenges, sticking with the current hardware-software console business is the best strategy at the moment.

Therefore, various internal researches and developments are underway over at Nintendo. The president mentions that Nintendo consoles are “not daily necessities,” so people can quickly lose attention if they are not interesting.

"Therefore, it’s crucial to continue efforts to make Nintendo feel close, even outside of the dedicated gaming console, increase customers who support Nintendo IP over the long term, and maintain connections with our customers.”

With the longstanding and persistent rumors of Switch 2 it's interesting to see Nintendo be candid about their position here. With Microsoft supposedly rumored to be bowing out of home console development in the foreseeable future I wonder how that influences Nintendo's decision-making. It's certainly an interesting development and seems next-gen may shake things up in terms of major players in the market.

Hopefully Nintendo does well, I've grown quite a dislike for Sony & Microsoft over the past decade now, and they're only getting worse in many ways. What I'd like to see is Sony bow out next, and see Valve step up with a more mainstream Steam Deck 2 to take the position for stronger consoles, seeing as Nintendo's hardware nowadays is always on the weaker end.

Nintendo's having a tough time with this console transition, huh? Can't blame them, that's gotta be a tricky challenge even for a giant like them.

It's interesting the president admits they're not "totally secure" about moving to the next-gen. I guess even the big boys get nervous with new hardware launches. Am really looking forward to what Nintendo will do.

Me too. Switch will probably end up as the best-selling console ever, so no matter what they do it's going to be a hard act to follow. I'm sure they'll have a strong launch but I'm a bit concerned if they can maintain their momentum.

[Shane]

For a company that's not chasing tech or really concerned with third party, I'd think they could wait as long as necessary to bother with the next generation. Every time they have a success, they seem to botch the next one. Even with the SNES, they still had a relative success, but they ceded a lot of ground to the "cooler" Sega in the US and created a breeding ground for future competition, which they never recovered from until Wii, before creating the abysmal Wii U.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

For a company that's not chasing tech or really concerned with third party, I'd think they could wait as long as necessary to bother with the next generation. Every time they have a success, they seem to botch the next one. Even with the SNES, they still had a relative success, but they ceded a lot of ground to the "cooler" Sega in the US and created a breeding ground for future competition, which they never recovered from until Wii, before creating the abysmal Wii U.

I agree. Athough part of me would like to see Switch 2 sooner rather than later, it really probably is in Nintendo's best interest to wait. Their competition is at their weakest they've been in many ways, which is the opposite for Nintendo. But based on how little 1st party software is announced for the year, and much of it being remasters, it seems they really are shifting their studios' focus to next gen already.

And while combining their handheld & home consoles into one hybrid has been a successful gamble it leaves them vulnerable to even bigger potential future failures than before. In the past they always had a portable counterpart to rely on if their home consoles performed poorly; N64 had the GBC, GC had GBA, and Wii U had 3DS. It provided not only revenue but kept them relevant. If Switch 2 is somehow a Wii U tier flop they'd definitely panic and go for whatever half-baked plan B they've probably got in case of an emergency.

[Shane]

Sony seems to be strong as ever. Microsoft is flailing about, though. They've made their PC offering so appealing there doesn't seem to be much reason to own a console, and they are also not opposed to being multiplatform in some respects (Minecraft, Activision). It seems they will do decently well, particularly in the US, but decent is not good enough when the competition is so strong.

Definitely a blessing and a potential curse to have it hybrid. They have had handhelds to fall back on for over 30 years while things kept going wrong in the console space. Very reliable, aside from the terrible 3DS launch.

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Sony seems to be strong as ever. Microsoft is flailing about, though. They've made their PC offering so appealing there doesn't seem to be much reason to own a console, and they are also not opposed to being multiplatform in some respects (Minecraft, Activision). It seems they will do decently well, particularly in the US, but decent is not good enough when the competition is so strong.

Definitely a blessing and a potential curse to have it hybrid. They have had handhelds to fall back on for over 30 years while things kept going wrong in the console space. Very reliable, aside from the terrible 3DS launch.

I'm pretty sure Sony's revenue is the highest it's ever been, but their profit was actually relatively low recently in an investor's meeting. I think they saw this coming and is why they've been pivoting more to PC releases too like Microsoft since their consoles alone maybe aren't cutting it anymore, or won't be at this rate.

I forgot about 3DS' weak launch, they sure would've been in trouble if things stayed that way since that's when Wii U was flopping too. For some reason they never took as much aggressive steps to sort Wii U's mess out. I'm not sure it ever got a significant price cut or particularly strong 1st party support.