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3rd party support in the future for nintendo?

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mcronesixteen on 15 October 2014

I think there is a chance but not a big chance.



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Mr Khan on 15 October 2014

This generation made clear that if they want the AAA multiplats, they're going to need an x86 box with the same base capabilities as the competition. Change any of that (like a more powerful PowerPC or a weaker x86) and no dice.

That said, there are alternatives, though they involve more aggressively working with indies and courting the big publishers' mobile development arm to integrate Nintendo consoles into *that* multiplat environment.

Those are really the only two routes.



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the_dengle on 15 October 2014

Absolutely.

On their handhelds.



Frogger on 15 October 2014

Next gen? Sure. This gen? Nope.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 15 October 2014

Probably not till next gen



                  

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Blob on 15 October 2014

next gen if they tick the right boxes. which I highly suspect they will



Cobretti2 on 15 October 2014

well even 3DS isn't really getting any major western 3rd party support. So I doubt their console will.



 

 

Vena on 15 October 2014
Mr Khan said:
This generation made clear that if they want the AAA multiplats, they're going to need an x86 box with the same base capabilities as the competition. Change any of that (like a more powerful PowerPC or a weaker x86) and no dice.

On that note, I wonder if Nintendo is any good with the x86 architecture and rule sets for their internal development. They've been using RISC for... ever? I suspect that was why with the WiiU it was: "We are listening to 3rd party devs..." and then a few days later they come out rolling out a big middle finger to said 3rd party devs.

I have a high suspicion that Nintendo will simply never roll over to x86's archaic designs not necessarily on principle but on the fact that its alien to them (and they are probably smart enough not to directly compete with PC...). I'd sooner expect to see them running with ARM RISC chips, which are not a dead-end like PPC at this point. Its a shame PPC has floundered as it has but the only way Nintendo can get PPC nowadays is to make specific contracts with groups like IBM for overpriced chips. ARM will greatly cut their hardware costs while letting them pursue much higher clock speeds, better efficiency, and throughputs.



Scisca on 15 October 2014

Only if they replace Wii U with a proper next gen console.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

Vena on 15 October 2014
Blob said:
next gen if they tick the right boxes. which I highly suspect they will


They won't, at least not the ones western AAA devs want them to check. They'll sooner buy/build their own western studios than they are to do some of the stuff that X1/PS4 have done in the process of courting these mega-publishers and their studios.

Of course, by next gen, I don't really expect the AAA model to even still be a thing aside from a burning tire fire.