hello my fellow residents so the news
came out today that Nintendo lost a lot
of money in the stock market it turns
out that well Pokémon go really doesn't
make them that much money which a lot of
people were surprised about because well
like many of us out there that are
Gamers we just assume Nintendo actually
owns Pokémon but it turns out they
actually don't at least not fully and
here's how it breaks down the company
that actually owns Pokémon is quite
literally called the Pokémon company and
their owner by three different parent
companies Nintendo creatures and Game
Freak what this basically means is that
any money that's earned by Pokemon
company has to be split up between three
parent companies but to make this more
confusing this isn't a game that was
made directly by the Pokemon company it
was made by a company called NE anch
which basically licensed the Pokemon
name in order to make this game but to
make it even more confusing all the
sales that are earned from this game in
terms of online sales through little
digital Trinkets and stuff like that and
any AD Revenue that's generated by the
game all that stuff has to go through
the iOS store or the Google Play Market
so that means Apple and Google also have
to make money from this game so
basically the ownership for Pokémon go
is really confusing and essentially
whoever makes the most profit from it
well that's all up in the air I
essentially believe that it's nean that
makes the most money from this but at
the end of the day that might not
actually be accurate because we don't
know what kind of shares that Apple and
Google get from the sales that they're
making from these things on their own
Market
what this basically tells me is that
Pokémon go might be really really cool
but it's pretty expensive to run and
operate especially if they have to pay
for Server costs for this thing which
have to be incredibly expensive I mean
think about it this way this game is
bigger than most social networks out
there right now and if that's the case
with all the server information that
requires to run something like that the
cost to make this game just run and turn
on every single day have to be
astronomical and it's a little a little
bit insane when you really think about
just how many people are playing it
right now the stock market is a very
confusing place and it can be very
dangerous for investors but this is what
I assume happened a whole bunch of
people saw Pokémon go being really
really successful so they thought well
cool I should invest in the company that
owns Pokemon so they went on Google
typed in who owns Pokemon and they
probably through some very minimal
research came across Nintendo's name and
just invested in Nintendo which really
wasn't a smart move because it Nintendo
wasn't making that much money from this
game well their investment call their
actual earnings report would basically
say that and it would go oh we actually
didn't make that much money from this
game because surprise surprise we don't
own all of Pokemon and that's basically
what just happened so all the investors
that put in all the money they could
into Pokémon go and put all the money
they could into what they believed was
the owner of Pokémon go being Nintendo
it basically backfired on them and a lot
of people lost a lot of money so whoever
was remaining in the stock market and
bought at the peak when this whole
Nintendo stock just Rose to the very top
lost a lot so what does all of this mean
for Nintendo well basically I don't
believe Nintendo should be making mobile
games now as we've seen with Momo mobile
games that Nintendo makes directly just
kind of disappear after a couple of days
of people playing them which is really
unfortunate and Pokémon go although it's
successful right now well it might not
be successful tomorrow a lot of
Nintendo's really good IPS at least the
ones that were released on the older
video game systems can keep existing
year after year because they can keep
reselling those assets on the virtual
market and a whole bunch of other ways
they want to sell it on new consoles
with backwards capabilities and stuff
like that because their old IPS don't
rely upon online servers to stay up
there may come a point when Pokémon go
is so expensive to run that they just
have to turn it off because they don't
make enough money from it now obviously
right now they're probably making a lot
of money from it and they're not going
to do that but in the future sure it
could just go away because not enough
people are playing it and that's a very
real concern Nintendo is a company that
makes really good properties things that
have really good lifespans and I don't
think the mobile market is really where
they want to be but this whole situation
has brought up something that I think we
need to start addressing as Nintendo
fans we need to start looking at this
with a serious serious
Viewpoint it's probably a good idea for
Nintendo to start getting into
third-party console development I know I
know everyone's going to freak out and
be upset about that kind of opinion
because we seem to say this every single
year but it's true Nintendo needs to
start making games on PC Nintendo needs
to start making games on the Xbox One
Nintendo needs to start making games on
gasp the PlayStation 4 look it's crazy
it's weird and maybe it's not all that
popular of an opinion but if Nintendo
were to start releasing really good
games like a new Mario Galaxy or more
Pikmin titles or anything like that on
other platforms they would be massively
successful as we've seen with the Wii U
Nintendo really has lost a little bit of
the understanding of what people want in
consoles and maybe the NX is going to be
different and I really hope it is going
to be different because personally I
would love for nothing else than
Nintendo to stay making their own video
game systems and releasing their own
games on those systems making really
good platforms that are just wonderfully
Nintendo and I hope it stays that way
but all the investors out there that saw
all this money come in from Pokémon go
and disappear overnight well I think
those investors are going to be really
pissed off at Nintendo because
essentially if whatever they release
next if it's the NX a new mobile
platform whatever they do if it isn't as
successful as Pokémon go I think the
investors are going to force Nintendo to
change whether they like it or
not