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

[MikeRox]

Blob said:

DerNebel said:

WolfpackN64 said:
Give me one good reason Sony and Microsoft shouldn't go third party?

Because both Sony and MS make a huge chunk of their gaming money through third party royalties.

Based on the table a few pages back that doesn't seem to help their gaming divisions much. Im shocked that it showed that sony has yet to make an overall profit on their gaming division in 20 years, microsoft is not suprising at all though considering how much they cut to push their consoles.

Im assuming that tables legit of course.

I'm not sure if the table is. Microsoft definitely haven't made anything out of gaming yet the original Xbox sank them to the tune of 4bn? Then the $1bn from RROD etc will have hampered the printing money capabilities of the 360 and they're now selling the Xbox One at a pretty hefty loss. However it gives them market presence etc which were vital in the transitional period computers/technology have been in.

Sony made an absolute fortune from the PS1 and PS2 (SCEI was Sony's most profitable division and I think also had the highest revenue of any division at some points) however the PS3 ate into some of that. PS4 currently looks on track to be the third system to bring in a good chunk of cash.