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fordy on 11 June 2013
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Miguel_Zorro said:
NintendoPie said:

Edit: Sorry for the title edit. I was trying to find something that would fit, my original title was way too long!

I just got done watching Spike's Live Stream show; they were talking about Nintendo's E3 Direct Press Conference. It was going well, understandbly these guys weren't all surprised at what Nintendo showed. But then Geoff (or whatever) brought up a point that struck a long conversation with their guests.

It was now no longer a discussion about Nintendo's Conference, it was a discussion about "I can't wait for Nintendo to go onto mobile!!!1!!" or, "Won't it be awesome when Iwata walks onto Sony's stage and says "Here is the next Zelda!", that'll trend on Twitter!" And they were salivating at these thoughts, pretty much. How in the world could these "Industry Pros" get so worked up for this? They want a company (a big company) to fail and go Third Party. Seriously, it's disgusting to see that.

Did anyone else see this Stream? Or does anyone else differ/share my opinions? I'm interested.

I didn't watch the conference,  but based on your description, this doesn't sound like "wanting the demise of Nintendo".  It sounds like they want to see Nintendo IP on other platforms.

I'd love to see Nintendo become a third party publisher.  They've always had great titles.  On the other hand, they haven't produced a console that I really wanted to have since the N64 (I bought and own a Wii, but that's a story for another day..).  Nintendo probably has the best creative minds in the industry when it comes to the actual games, but is the worst console manufacturer (excluding handhelds).

Of the big three console manufacturers, it makes the most sense for Nintendo to go third party.  They have the most famous names in gaming.  Names that will sell on any platform. 

Nintendo would make far more money selling their titles on all other platforms - Playstations, XBox's, iPads, and so on.  This was their plan once upon a time with Sony, but things broke down when squabbles over revenue sharing and executive egos on both sides got in the way.  It's now 20 years later than they planned to do it, but I still think it's the right business move for them.


Their plan never was to go 3rd party. Why on earth would Nintendo give up on a successful business model and a virtual stranglehold on the entire market to go 3rd party?

Nintendo's plan was to keep up with technology and develop an "all in one entertainment centre" with Sony. Nintendo pulled out because the contract stated that: 1. Sony would be in control of the licensing fees for the CD based system, including charging Nintendo, and 2. Refusal to incorporate the CIC microcontroller onto a disc caddy, which would have effectively opened the floodgates for piracy. So for somebody with that much control in the marketplace, why would they willingly give that up?