Give me ONE reason Nintendo shouldn't go 3rd party.

[Jon-Erich]

Fusioncode said:

padib said:

1. Free online

2. Good console prices

3. Cool new hardware interfaces

4. A great platform for games I like if developers would understand how to make money the Nintendo way.

5. Great management for a hardware manufacturer, learns lessons and is reasonable.

6. Not scared to go against the current.

7. Does not bend to 3rd parties

1. Okay that's fair, though judging by the success of PS+ and Gold most consumers don't seem to mind paying for online.

2. Arguable. The WiiU is $50 cheaper than the XBO and $100 cheaper than PS4. And that's not even counting Black Friday prices where you could get an XBO for $330 with gift cards. For the difference in hardware the price advantage doesn't help much. 

3. Disagree completely.

4. A lot of Nintendo's own published games like Wonderful 101 and Donkey Kong aren't doing that great. 

5. If that was true then Nintendo would have ditched region locking a long time ago. They're not doing a good job learning from their mistakes.

6. It's not exactly helping.

7. This their biggest issue right now. 

Here's the thing about games like Donkey Kong Country or The Wonderful 101. These games would not have done better on any other console. If anything, they would have done worse.