Nintendo currently has 9 billion dollars in war chest money. Why aren’t they spending it?
Nintendo currently has 9 billion dollars in war chest money. Why aren’t they spending it?
Japanese dollars?
Spending it on what exactly?
They're not at war. They're so far ahead of everyone else that there's nothing worth buying.
Not allowed to. Which is one of their biggest problems right now. Why spend money when you can fund half-assery instead?
Microsoft buying Activision really fucked up the industry discourse, huh? They've barely had any software output and yet acquisitions are the only thing any industry "analyst" can talk about.
they're spending it on the expansion of their own studios which is honestly a much healthier option than what the other two are doing, buying third parties left and right
Why would they spend it at all when they're so ahead of the game?
I will never not be mad that they didn't buy Rare.
is the one developer Next Level Games? Honestly Nintendo only needs development muscle, they have the best first party lineup in the industry, especially from a pure sales game, so buying up studios for IP wouldn't really be meaningful for them.
They're constructing another building aren't they? That sounds like a perfect use for them. Though they should also invest it into making some fucking Joycons that don't suck ass.
well even roblox its doing better
because for every successful nintendo console there is a complete and abject failure of a console
lol why, they haven't made a good game in decades
This. Its called a "war chest" for a reason.
With inflation, every year they don't spend the money is years the money loses value.
R&D for next console
probably holding it in case Snoy or MS tries to buy Square Enix or Sega before them.
Apparently if Iwata was made president sooner, they would have
>Companies
>Not hoarding money
it's weird how so much of their "first-party" output are collaborative works with studios they don't own. They don't own HAL Labs, Intelligent Systems, Camelot, Sora ltd. MercurySteam. Probably just a stake in them.
They are.
Isn't it fucked up that land is a commodity to be bought and sold?
it's just one building, that's hardly a dent in the $9b
No. Now pay your rent, goy.
The purpose of a war chest is that you DON'T spend it, you keep it in case of catastrophic emergency (or "war").
Yes. Land is meant to be fought and killed for.
It is, by the way I'm coming over to take a shit on your bed.
As opposed to???
They have been. They've even bought the land next door to maximize the size of their HQ.
Companies buying companies shouldn't even be allowed. Grow naturally or fuck off and die like you were supposed to.
This. Xbox and Sony rely on their subsidiaries far more than Nintendo does.
This is how they are able to stay afloat for so long. Imagine if sony or microsoft had a disaster like the wii u. Either one would probably have filed for bankruptcy
They are expecting a market crash. COVID pulled forward a lot of demand. That demand is fizzling fast. Meanwhile, lockdowns in commie land are fucking up hardware prices and future plans to push a next gen console.
No? How else would be have places to live, work or commerce?
>Companies buying companies shouldn't even be allowed.
Why?
Nintendo only cares for DQ and DQ is independent (to an extent) from SE, I can sure you that if Nintendo smells blood in the water they will snub Horii.
It just seems weird to me that we're all put on this planet through means outside of our own, and we're not even allowed to exist on it without paying somebody.
If you dislike it so much you could just leave. Either through suicide or space travel
Does that seem right to you? I'm indebted to the world by being born and the only way out is suicide? Logically, weren't we put on this Earth to be paypigs for landlords then?
they just bought land and are building a second office building on it
eventually they'll be hiring more staff to make more games or films or whatever nintendo does next
what more do you want?
You're legally allowed to be homeless.
Until I'm not and I get arrested and thrown in prison for the crime of being alive
Nintendo knew Rare was done, they've made two good games since Nintendo passed on buying them: Viva Pinata and Sea of Thieves.
Fostering talent in the right environment that can bloom in the future to maintain their already abundant succesful IP's.
Creating a lasting army of new Nintendo devs, lawyers, businessmen etc. to take over after the old legends retire is paramount.
Finite resource
The new generation of Nintendo devs simply isn't up to snuff, a good half of Nintendo's first party output now is shit and people ignore it because the other half is great. For every Kirby and the Forgotten Land there's a Mario Golf
Spend on what?
Mario Golf isn't even made by Nintendo you utter retard.
How the fuck do you know what the new generation is capable of?
They make dividends and other shit dumbass. It’s not the same as your personal funds.
What should they be spending it on, exactly?
Nintendo are fucking goofy
>Pikmin
3 games in 21 years
>Splatoon
3 games in 7 years
Why spend money when Nintendies will buy their cheap products anyway?
>I AM ANGRY THAT NINTENDO DIDN'T BUY THIS DEVELOPER THAT WAS PAST THEIR PRIME!
Because they've made so many great games after being acquired by MS, right?
Can anyone name one company who made better games after being bought by Microsoft than before?
Can anyone name one company who made better games after being bought by Sony than before?
Didn't they say that they were spending a billion on R&D in the financial report before the most recent one?
If you want a serious answer, GameCube flopping and SEGA dropping out of consoles has made them really paranoid with the Wii U flop confirming said paranoia.
b-b-but think of the landlords user! What would they do for work??
the way the building curves out at the top is very very nice, its the perfect amount of cartoonish flare without it looking garish
You do realize that Splatoon is far more popular, right? Splatoon has over double the franchise sales of Pikmin. Of course they'll keep making Splatoon games.
lol
lmao even
Because the Switch followed the WiiU/3DS era and they know their next console could be a flop.