Okay, it is no secret that Nintendo investors want Nintendo to dive head first into the mobile phone and tablet market with their games. It is also no secret Nintendo has little interest doing so. Worse than that, this one particular investor wants Nintendo to not only dive in, but to do some silly things that make the mobile market so hard to support at times... like charging a micro-transaction fee for Mario to jump higher.
"Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher." - Seth Fisher
Seth Fisher is the manager of Oasis Management, a hedge fund that owns and manages Nintendo shares. He also went on to point out why Nintendo needs to make the mobile transistion:
"The same people who spent hours playing Super Mario, Donkey Kong, and Legend of Zelda as children are now a demographic whose engagement on the smartphone is valued by the market at well over $100 billion."
At the end of the day, the mobile market is very healthy, but it's understandable why Nintendo refuses to dive in head first. I find it hard to believe that something like paying 99 cents would actually be beneficial to consumers in any manner for something as simple as jumping higher. I think investors may be in for a wakeup call if Nintendo ever did release games on the phone and tablet platform, because I highly doubt they would plan to do so with the idea of nickle and dimeing their consumers. Just look how slow they are on the uptick in DLC, let alone the fact that they make their DLC worth the price, versus something as simple as paying for additional skins.
http://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-investor-wants-them-to-charge-0.99-for-mario-to-jump-higher#.Uw_CFhUpDQ9
Edited by Vexoria