Third parties WANT Nintendo to fail, plain and simple. If Nintendo goes, the standard in the industry goes TREMENDOUSLY lower, and the third parties get a TON more leverage in the industry, as Sony and MS essentially bend to their will (just look at the fiasco behind the Xbone regarding DRM, before MS quickly came to their senses and corrected it). Nintendo has made their share of mistakes, but at the end of the day they are not the biggest problem. The third parties are the problem..
As long as Nintendo is around, their games will always be measured against theirs, and Nintendo being Nintendo (even in the modern era where their quality has begun to slide), their games are generally still miles ahead over the vast majority of third parties. These companies know this, so they are trying to rid themselves of their troublesome competition, by ANY means necessary. Hell, even the phenomenon known as the Wii couldn't sway the third parties. They walked away from free money, or they put out complete garbage on the console, in order to sabatoge it. They would rather see Nintendo gone than make more money off their consoles, if it means helping Nintendo in any way.
This may sound like tin foil wearing shit but as someone who has paid close attention to the politics of this industry for over a decade and who has seen the actions of the third parties (as well as the third party supported gaming media and analysts such as Patcher) in relation to Nintendo, this to me is quite obvious..
