Also, everyone should realize at this point that if Nintendo had this giant war chest of money to continue operating for years despite their huge losses, then why the hell would they whore out their IP's for mobile games fashioned on the micro-transaction model of games like Candy Crush Saga ? The simple answer to this is they don't have the savings to continue to eat losses in the game hardware market. The Wii U has been nothing short of a disaster for them and it has come time to cut the losses. This deal with DeNA for mobile games is the first step in a possible exit strategy for Nintendo from the traditional game hardware market.