Metallicube said:
Who says? Third party support is VASTLY overrated IMO, especially when you have such a strong first party base like Nintendo. They are not the end all be all. In fact, if anything, too much third party control is very harmful to the industry.. The prior DRM policies of the Xbone (before MS came to their senses and corrected it), are a major example of that. Wii has sold 100 million and still has a shot of outselling the PS1, made Nintendo a ton of money, and is complete with a plethora of fun and exciting games that appeal to many.. So at the end of the day, does length of console life really matter? Sure the PS2 was in a whole nother league altogether, but there are a number of factors in play, besides its huge library; including a near monopoly on third party support, a boon in the economy, people rebuying PS2s because of new models/breakdowns, and a patheticly weak showing from its competition. I just love how creative you "hardcore" get in discrediting the Wii in any way possible. Makes me laugh.. |
Who says? Common sense, you need both first party and third party, not sure how anyone can say not having third party games on a system is a good thing ....
Nintendo doesn't have that strong of a first party, before Wii it never managed to propel a console to anywhere near PS1 and PS2 numbers, those were only possible with third party on board.
Wii is of course an anomoly, it did have third party backing in the form of Just Dance, Skylanders ect which were very important. The Wii system itself is what sold it tho. Unlikely we'll see anything like that again.
Wii won't outsell PS1, slowing down too much.
What are you actually trying to say anyway? I don't see how any of that supports that 3 years is a natural life cycle, whether you like it or not, third parties are important to this industry and with strong first and third party support a system obviously goes beyond 3 years of growth. And like I said, it isn't normal for a system not to get third party support.
