Nintendo and iOS; there's simply no reason not to

Opinion by Matt S. 

Michael Pachter has riled up the most dedicated Nintendo fan base once again.

The cause for contention was this time over some rather frank and biting comments from Pachter that were reported on gamesindustry.biz, along with the idea that Nintendo should be releasing games on iOS (and Android, but for convenience this piece will just talk about iOS) platforms. After the story was published, my Twitter feed has been inundated with the usual retorts of "Pachter knows nothing" (because apparently not knowing stuff is how analysts keep their jobs at highly respected analyst firms) and "Nintendo should NEVER do iOS." And why should Nintendo NEVER do iOS? Because, obviously, iOS platforms lack buttons and as such it's inconceivable that they would actually play well.

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The analysts speak; online services, digital distribution and consumer friendliness

Two weeks ago, we spoke with representatives of three different analysis firms who specialised in the video-games industry, gathering their forecasts and perspectives on various matters concerning the industry at present. The topics of interest included the controversy on used games, concerns towards games pricing and AAA development costs, as well as predictions on the market performance for all three next-gen consoles.

If you haven't read it yet, check out Part 1 of the two-part feature here.

Of course, these alone are but a few of matters surrounding us right now. Still speaking to David Cole of DFC Intelligence, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Liam Callahan of The NPD Group, we continued the discussion to see what more they had to say on other areas of the industry's current evolution.

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