Recent comments from Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime indicate that the company is worried about the effect of inexpensive mobile games on the industry.
“‘Angry Birds is a great piece of experience,’ he said, ‘but that is one compared to thousands of other pieces of content that for one or two dollars I think create a mentality for the consumer that a piece of gaming content should only be $2.’ Taking one last dig at the mobile competition, Fils-Aime added that he ‘think[s] some of those games are actually overpriced at $1 or $2, but that’s a different story.’”
While low-priced mobile games might not be good for Nintendo, it can still work out well for indie developers. 2DBoy, makers of World of Goo, released some statistics about launching the iPad version of the game.

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Cheap Games a Risk To the Industry, Says Nintendo President