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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Is there a Place for Nintendo as a 3rd Party Developer?

 

Am I making a good argument?

Yes! Nintendo would be doomed as 3rd party! 50 29.59%
 
No, Nintendo would kick ass as 3rd party! 51 30.18%
 
lulz didn't read ^^ 34 20.12%
 
Rezzzzults 34 20.12%
 
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DanneSandin said:
sabastian said:
I say an astounding YES !

I say this with 3 reasons in mind.

1- Their resume of games are heavily geared to the kid gaming community. That 5-16 age range will be pure gold to them sales wise on say a Playstation 4/ XB1 console.

2- Most gamer's own 2 consoles. With a move towards a 3rd party software focus, the big N now does not have to focus o console sales. With the PS4 selling almost 20 million and the XB1 at approx 11 million consoles sold, the big N would see healthy software sales on both consoles.

3- With the power of the Playstation 4, the big N can now shift their focus to 2 main focuses. they can now go back to making great games and now they do not have to focus on creating too much new IP's. Their stable of established franchises along with a massive backlog will ensure them successful as a multi platform developer.

But what am I thinking, the big N will NEVER go 3rd party. It makes way too much sense.

1- I have already disproven this in the OP: "kiddie" games don't sell well on the new systems.

2- Most gamers DO NOT own 2 consoles: only "hardcore" gamers do. And that's the minority of every one owning a console.

3- Woth the power of PS4 comes higher production  costs of making a game, and marketing one. That means less money from each copy sold. Nintendo would have to sell a lot more games to make up the difference, and as I showed in the OP, there really isn't a market for those kind of games...


1- ""kiddie" games don't sell well on the new systems " Well in that case, the big N can make games for the ps3. Its not a new system and there still selling well.

 

2- "Most gamers DO NOT own 2 consoles " Ask any Nintendo gamer that question. I bet over 80% of them either own a playstation or Xbox system. 

 

3- Again your wrong. Most Nintendo games dont really cost as much as those AAA playstation/ Xbox games. And even so, Just because its a next gen system dosent mean that a game has to have a high production cost. Heck, the ps4 is flodded with Indle games and im sure those cost little to make.



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The odds of me purchasing any Nintendo game would increase no lesser than 100%, if Nintendo started doing 3rd party dev. However, I'm not in the camp that is concerned for Nintendo. They've had poor performance from machines in the past and rebounded brilliantly. So, they're by no means out of the picture permanently.