Iwata unsure if Nintendo’s hardware will be merged, but future console/portable will be more like “brothers”

This is something that we’ve posted in our Nintendo investor briefing megapost, but this certainly deserves attention of its own.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal:

Nomura analyst now asking why Nintendo revamped its organizational structure to merge consoles and portable devices. Mr. Iwata says there was a huge technological gap in developing consoles and portable games in the past since portable devices run on batteries, but technological advances have narrowed the architectural difference between the two. He adds he doesn’t know yet whether the two hardware will be merged in the future, but the two will become more like “brothers.”

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