Rainbird said:
jarrod said:
Rainbird said:
It allows them to give input on the design and follow the process. If they want to, they can follow the entire R&D process, either by having someone of theirs working as a part of this R&D team, or by reading up on reports about the hardware as the R&D comes along. Or both.
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Problem is, this won't ever happen. The realities of media forums is that there's always competition and infighting as to format specification and royalty structure... even the DVD forum couldn't hold it together for the next gen, and we got a new format war.
Nintendo's already said they're not interested in that, and given their history, their philosophy and their culture, it's pretty safe to say they never will be. And why should they considering how successful they are... what does Nintendo gain exactly in your scenario but less control over their own destiny?
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More happy gamers (meaning bigger install base to sell games on. Imagine Nintendo's software numbers if they had double the install base...). 
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And they'd to share (or just lose) 3rd party royalties, and possibly even pay in royalties on their own games... I also doubt they'd have double the userbase to sell to, given the vast increase in cross-console ownership this gen. More like a 25-50% increase.
Really, your scenario doesn't hold much from Nintendo's perspective, except less profit, less control and more politics. It's not worth their while, at least looking at where they are today.
