S.T.A.G.E. said:
Third party was a key factor in the success of the NES and SNES. Sega had the press that it was the mature console while nintendo was the kiddy one for a while and funded their own first party to combat Nintendos vice-like grip on third party. Once their marketshare rose, third parties went to Sega, but nothing really changed. Once Nintendo lost third party support and Sony took it, Nintendo hasnt won a gen until the Wii gimmick. |
It was not, with exception of Square, Enix and to some degree Capcom no, only Nintendo 1st and 2nd party software was responsible for success of every single Nintendo platform.
The 3rd parties and Atari were hugely incompetent so Nintendo created the grip.
Some succeeded on their platforms this is certain but they were not responsible for their success.
On the other hand 3rd parties are responsible for Microsoft and Sony success, in fact Nintendo can be successful even without them perhaps not market leader but they can sustain their platforms and profitability, Sega is excellent case Saturn and Dreamcast failed when 3rd parties failed to support their platforms.
Whether Wii was gimmick or not is not important, the platform has some excellent games from Nintendo, it was 3rd parties and their horrible support that gave a bad image to the platform.
The truth is the Wii was an anti Playstation success it didn't required betrayals (SQUARE, Enix and Capcom), exaggerated claims, lies, primitive eye candy trash, instinct of mob and their games with so called Mature content, and it was extremely profitable.
