What would happen if Nintendo went 3rd Party?

[KHlover]

famousringo said:

DanneSandin said:

famousringo said:
Other hardware manufacturers would quickly and completely capitulate to the wants and demands of EA, Activision, et al, and Nintendo's software would slowly wither and stagnate much like Sega's.

In other words, I hope you like the idea of gaming consoles being PCs controlled by thumbsticks forever, and western-style gaming in general.

I'm not so sure of that... With Nintendos IP's they'd have a thing or two to say about the hw. I can see how their opinion would matter MORE than either of EA or Activision, because they could decide to side with only ONE console manufactorer, giving that console an edge over the competition.

If Nintendo's software and IP was so crucial to the success or failure of a console, they would have no need to go third party in the first place.

They don't have to, this is just a what-if scenario^^