richardhutnik on 14 April 2013
| Ljink96 said: I don't think Nintendo is worried about this. They've found numerous ways to outsmart the competition. It isn't much of how much RAM you have but what you do with that RAM. If your company is smart enough you might just try to make your game playable on all current gen consoles. It isn't like PS, hard core games sold well on Nintendo consoles in the first place. The Wii had a short cut yet prosperous life with its first party software alone. I don't think at all for a second that Nintendo doesn't need 3rd party support but they rarely depend on it. |
Outsmart their competition, like they did with the Gamecube and N64? The WIi had motion control and reached the causal market. It was a second console for a lot of hardcore gamers also.
Nintendo was trying to bank on having a system that could also get third-party support, but do it in a way that stood out. As of now, not being able to do third-party AAA releases is going to hurt long-term. Nintendo maybe carves out its own niche, but the niche is pretty much just the second screen, which Microsoft and Sony do offer solutions for.
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