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POE on 23 December 2014
Fusioncode said:
POE said:
Because they have a successful handheld and their home console gives them money too?

I never said they should leave the handheld business. Just consoles. 


The title says go 3rd party.



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Blob on 23 December 2014
Slade6alpha said:
Agreed with OP. People will say, "Their quality of game development would go down, look what happened to SEGA." how would anyone know that unless the situation occured!

Being able to play nintendo games without the hardware would be great.


Oh so you guys need one good reason apart from the ones you decide to ignore or don't personally agree with. Way to make it difficult...



Fusioncode on 23 December 2014
POE said:
Fusioncode said:
POE said:
Because they have a successful handheld and their home console gives them money too?

I never said they should leave the handheld business. Just consoles. 


The title says go 3rd party.

I mean for consoles. 



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badgenome on 23 December 2014
WolfpackN64 said:
Give me one good reason Sony and Microsoft shouldn't go third party?

Because no one cares about their games.



Fusioncode on 23 December 2014
Blob said:
Look at whats happened to SEGA. Plenty of unused IPs that people loved that will never see the light of day again because they wouldn't make enough profit.
Nintendo would become a Zelda, Mario, Pokemon company as it wouldn't be finacialy viable to make games of lower selling franchises that currently make small profit but most importantly bolster the hardwares library making it more desirable.

I don't see why Nintendo's output would change. SEGA doesn't have anywhere near the roster of IPs that Nintendo has. Nintendo is already ignoring a bunch of their classic IPs like Ice Climbers and F-Zero. 



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OfficerRaichu15 on 23 December 2014

there would be no more innovative consoles
wii u gamepad was off to a bad start but nintendo is starting to make it useful in every major game they have

EDIT: plus the friken president of playstation himself said nintendo is vital in introducing children to gaming

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Spade on 23 December 2014
WolfpackN64 said:
Give me one good reason Sony and Microsoft shouldn't go third party?

Better console, online infrastructure, and 3rd party. 



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burninmylight on 23 December 2014
Fusioncode said:

Yep, I just want one reason that Nintendo going 3rd party would not benefit the entire industry. Think about it, more people get to enjoy great games, Nintendo's developers don't have to be stuck working on weaker hardware, they don't have to rack their brains to figure what to do with the gamepad, they can have a better online infrastructure, Nintendo themselves get to make more money because they're not making losses from the WiiU anymore. I mean let's face it, people buy Nintendo consoles to play Nintendo games. I honestly don't think Nintendo makes very good hardware. Most of their systems feel kind of cheap.

The hard truth is that without 3rd party support Nintendo can't compete in the console space anymore, and I don't see them getting publishers back on board. Some will label me a Nintendo hater, but that isn't entirely true. I just don't see any logical reason Nintendo going 3rd party wouldn't benefit everyone.

Thoughts?

That first sentence is why this whole argument is stupid and this thread should be locked. This isn't socialism, and Nintendo doesn't owe it to you or anyone to go third party and "benefit the entire industry." If that were the case, Sony should have went third party after two to three years of being down in the dumps with the PS3.

Also, Nintendo is no longer losing money on the WIi U. If you're saying it should go 3P based on that, then again, Sony should have gone third party after the PS3 and MS should have gone third party from... the very beginning, because its Xbox brand hasn't made it a penny, ever.

I'm not labeling you a Nintendo hater, by the way. I just think you should spend more than five seconds meditating on that thought that comes to your head before making a thread on it.



Zekkyou on 23 December 2014

Because they still have a chance of making a successful home console. They don't need to dominate the market, just find an install base of maybe 30 to 40 million per gen for it to be a much more profitable strategy than going 3rd party.

That said, if their next console follows in the footsteps of the GC and WiiU, then it's definitely a strategy they should consider (at least for their home console IPs).



WolfpackN64 on 23 December 2014
Fusioncode said:
WolfpackN64 said:
Give me one good reason Sony and Microsoft shouldn't go third party?

Because they both have successful next gen consoles. 


So? Nintendo did great last time and Sony lost a lot of money then. A lot can change over a generation.