That was probably expected
The first few games born out ofNintendo and DeNA’s partnershipto create mobile titles will follow the ever-so-popular free-to-play model. As these things go, the games will be free to download, and they’ll depend on in-app microtransactions to pull in revenue.
This confirmation comes out of aWall Street Journalreport. It had been widely expected that Nintendo would dip its toes into the free-to-play waters, but nothing had been explicitly stated. DeNA executive Isao Moriyasu broke the news during an earnings briefing.
Nintendo’s goal is to have five mobile games released by March 2017. Moriyasu wouldn’t reveal how many of those are currently in development. However many it is, those ones will all be free-to-play. After that, assuming no major market changes, we can probably expect more of the same because free just makes the most money right now.
