Future: Nintendo could be only video game seller and have monopoly

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Khuutra said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

Khuutra said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

Khuutra said:

At this point, a very strong argument could be made that Nintendo does not need third parties for success - in fact, the opposite may slowly be becoming true.

Hardly.  They've set up a strong system (and handheld) and made a whole new wave of first party titles.  But they need the third parties to secure success for the long term.  Or else, they will be in the same state Sony is in this gen and they were in last gen.

Feel free to elaborate as to why.

I edited my post.  And I also said why in my first post.  Even if MS and Sony drop out, some other company will try their hand at making a console to compete with Nintendo.  And Nintendo never wants to be the only one making games.

Obviously, but the implication of "But they need the third parties to secure success for the long term.  Or else, they will be in the same state Sony is in this gen and they were in last gen." is that Nintendo is dependent on third parties for survival, when this generation so far has clearly shown that third parties, at this point in time, are not able to decide the course of a system's life. If they could, the Wii would already be dead.

Its not that they need Third parties to stay alive, I said they need them to secure success for the long term.

Nintendo has already gone through two generations with little to no third party support (the N64 and GameCube).  This shows that they can 'survive' with little to no third party support.  Now what they need to be successful and go beyond simply supporting themselves (and frankly the industry) is that third party support.