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[valkillmore]

Probably the right business decision, but pretty disappointing if you just wanted Nintendo games on your phone.

How much easier is it to get Nintendo games on your phone than downloading them for free?

 

[KingSnake]

How much easier is it to get Nintendo games on your phone than downloading them for free?

Nintendo games, not "games".

 

[PtM]

Are we sure that it's not a mistranslation? https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/664333743461498880

Why is this not in the OP?

 

[QaaQer]

by far the most interesting bit is miitomo not being called a game. A Nintendo facebook/twitter thing could be fun if they aren't too heavy handed with the moderation and control.

 

[Nirolak]

Why is this not in the OP?

Well if you look at the slides and his statement, you'll note that he's making this assumption based on DeNA implying all the games they're working on are f2p.

It's very possibly correct, but it wasn't outlined as a statement of fact.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Why is this not in the OP?

That's a mistranslation. That's why. DeNA isn't co-developing any games.

 

[baudelinog]

Nice to hear.

 

[QaaQer]

That's a mistranslation. That's why. DeNA isn't co-developing any games.

how do you define 'developing'?

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

how do you define 'developing'?

Sorry. They are in charge of the account infrastructure integrated into the games, but Nintendo has been very clear about the actual development of the product.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Not surprising. That's what popular on mobile.

It's much better to expose microtransactions to as large a n audience as possible rather than having an upfront cost.

 

[Nirolak]

Here's the full quote text from the Q&A:

Q4
In Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing / Semi-Annual Financial Results
Briefing for Fiscal Year Ending March 2016, I believe they mentioned that some
collaborative apps will require a certain amount of money to be paid in order to
download. Could you tell us more about the monetization method and expected
business scale of the collaborative apps?

A4
During the briefing, pay-per-download was only mentioned as an
example of various possible options for monetization methods. We believe that monetization methods must match the gameplay, and this approach hasn’t changed.
The apps in our pipeline, for which we currently have an idea of the type of gameplay, will be free-to-play (free-to-start).
We believe that the business scale will depend on the individual app’s gameplay, monetization points and average revenue per user
(ARPU), and therefore, we are unable to discuss specific details at this time.

http://v4.eir-parts.net/v4Contents/View.aspx?template=ir_material&sid=45510&code=2432

 

[Mpl90]

I just saw the whole Q&A in English was up, I thought no one updated yet...but it seems I was a day late, lol.

The rest of the Nintendo-related segment doesn't seem to be as interesting as the clarification on the monetization's approach.