Should Nintendo try out Sega's Genesis strategy?

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IsawYoshi said:

osed125 said:

DamnTastic said:

they got like a few billion on the bank. It ain't gonna hurt if they use a few million of it for new IP's. Done right they can even make money of it

They obviously aren't keeping all that money in the bank, some of that if being use for something. But giving the current state of AAA gaming, a "few millions" will only make the cut for one or two new quality IPs (which they don't know if they will be successful or not). Plus if that money is used, games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc will be the priority.

Quick question: would an HD metroid that sold 2 millions be profitable if it was an HD equalient to Metroid Prime? 

I unfortunately couldn't find official numbers on how much a HD remake cost to make, but I can't imagine being that high, is definitely much much lower than a normal AAA game, so 2 million should waaaay more than enough to make a profit, this is giving that it's the exact game just in HD.

A remaster in the likes of Ocarina of Time 3D and WW HD should be more expensive to make, but I can't imagine it being much more higher than a remake (and again probably waaay lower than AAA games), so with 2 million a remaster should also be very profitable.