Visitors play Sonic Mania on Nintendo Switch at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
LOS ANGELES: Although it’s hard to imagine Nintendo not having a home console on store shelves, the company could move away from developing such hardware in the future. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa hinted as much during a recent interview with Nikkei translated by Nintendo Everything.
While Nintendo has been developing home consoles for over 30 years, Furukawa said the company’s focus could shift away from them because “flexibility is just as important as ingenuity.” Nintendo has already had some success branching out, whether it’s through handheld consoles like the 3DS or smartphone titles like Fire Emblem Heroes. It’s also dabbling in theme parks and movies -- “different ways to have our characters be a part of everyday life”, Furukawa said.
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