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Why Nintendo doesn’t release Mario on the App Store
Recently, I read an interviews to Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata in the Japanese gaming website, which was very entertaining and interesting. There are lots of interesting facts I didn’t know on the article including Satoru Iwata himself has hard-core programing background and he actually was writing codes until he turns to 40 years old. However, as an indie iOS developer who makes living on the App Store, the most interesting part was that he clearly explained why Nintendo...
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Without a doubt it's to keep value on their IPs. If someone buys Mario on the app store, they might not buy another Nintendo game ever. Get them to buy a console to play, and they'll probably buy at least a few more Nintendo titles at a much higher price than people on the app store are willing to pay.
Makes sense.