zarx said:
While it's true that software drives hardware, it is not 3rd party publishers job to drive hardware adoption for Nintendo. |
I didn't say it was. The point, there, was that saying "the next Xbox and Playstation will be more powerful, so why support a weaker console" is idiotic. Games sell consoles. Consoles don't sell games.
On the other hand, it is 3rd party publishers' jobs to establish markets on consoles. Nintendo's job is to get the system out there, to create the initial seed. Third parties should then be leveraging that seed, the install base, to sell their games. And the number of people who own the platform and are currently interested in a game is irrelevant - people will buy the system for the game, if the game is good. The game sells the system. The market is created by the game, not the system.
It's a lot like cities and towns. If you don't see why, I'll explain, but it's a little long-winded, and apparently Matzy doesn't like it when you put multiple words together. :P
