Note:  In this thread, we will only be discussing Nintendo's home console systems and games.  Their handhelds are a different story, so we will not be discussing them here.

So whenever Nintendo is not doing well, there's always someone who predicts that Nintendo will go third party.  I have always thought this idea was silly, as Nintendo was never doing so poorly that that would be a necessary option for them.  I still don't believe that they will anytime soon, and I didn't want them to either.  However, I thought about it some more recently, and came to realize that I love Nintendo for their software, not for their hardware (again, we are only discussing their home consoles here, not their handhelds).  I don't think I need to explain why their software is incredible, but their hardware is rather lackluster.  Their last two systems have been weak, and centered around a gimmick.  That's not to say I didn't enjoy them- as I have very much.  But again, that's because of their software.

The truth is, I'd rather play a Nintendo game on an XBox One, with its amazing controller, or the PC with its mods, settings, and everything else.  Imagine playing Xenoblade Chronicles X at 1080p 120fps!

So my question to you is, if you are a Nintendo fan, would you mind if they went third party with their console games?  Is there something about Nintendo making their own consoles that you enjoy and I may have overlooked?

Also let me remind everyone that we are not here to discuss if you think they will go third party, but if you would like or dislike them going third party.

yes i would mind.

Please, share why!

Yes I would mind, because of many reasons.One of them being that Nintendo is the most unique company in the whole industry, and most of the time they are the ones that push the industry forward.And if they stop doing hardware, well, the industry will lose one of its pioneers in innovating(hardware wise).

But of course there are other reasons, like pride.Nintendo always was(for most part anyway) the developer for its own platform, and i want it to continue like that because i like how things are.And also Nintendo games are so good because they are on a hardware they made, so they know how to take the most of it.And well, lets face it, if you ask someone who is fan of Sony/Microsoft if they would mind them going third party, their answer would be yes, because they want their favorite companies to succeed on all fronts, hardware included.

I'd be pissed because I actually have a pretty decent digital library on my wiiu. Something like 30 games. I was really looking forward to having these games playable on the ds3.

The thing is we have to take their handhelds into consideration because even if Nintendo were to stop making home consoles, than it would make more sense for them to give their handhelds 100% support instead of hurting their own hardware by also releasing games on competitors devices.

I used to mind the idea of Nintendo going third party because of my concern that the quality of their games would be affected negatively, but right now, I don't really mind anymore.

Nintendo keeps everything a whole lot more interesting. If there wasn't an underdog to root for, one that did something different from the competition, we'd all just sit here watching the PS4 outsell the XB1 for the 9004th week in a row.

If they still had their own hardware, I'd be ok, as the last rumour says (playing nintendo games on other platforms with the cloud but paying some kind of subscription and buying a peripheral or something) but if they were a third party as Sega then yeah I would be pissed, I like their hardware a lot, even if I always feel as if they go for low power and that pisses me off.

Yes I would because there is no benefits for us with a 3rd party Nintendo, we would most likely only see Zelda,Mario 2D and 3D,Mario Kart,SSB and Pokémon that's it we could see other franchises back once in a while but if Nintendo was 3rd party this gen., StarFox would not be getting a new game neither would Kid Icarus or Xenoblade,Splatoon probably never be made, FE wouldn't had the chance to make a comeback and crossovers like #FE,Hyrule Warriors and Pokken again wouldn't probably be made