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Metallicube on 07 January 2014
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Purple said:
mjo011 said:
Let's hope it never happens. Nintendo would probably end up focusing a 100% on their biggest franchises that are sure to make a profit, while neglecting other franchises altogether. Not that big a difference you might say, but we would.t see any Endless Ocean, Punch Out, Sin & Punishment, Fatal Frame, ExciteTruck, F-Zero or Wave Race titles ever again. We would see a lot fewer games.

Look at Sega's output after they went 3rd party and compare it to their games before that.

Having a larger market to sell to would actually encourage Nintendo to produce those games. Currently Nintendo has to focus 100% on their biggest franchises as they rely on popular software to make huge profits to cover the losses incurred by selling the console. Look at the Wii U's current lineup, it's incredibly safe bar The Wonderful 101 and you can be sure Nintendo won't be making a mistake like funding that game again. If they were third party they'd be safer making new titles as they can sell to a huge market and they won't be relying on games to sell their undesirable hardware.

The Sega situation is in no way comparable. They were a company that went almost bankrupt and then went third party. Of course their output declined, they had to cut most of their devs as they ran out of money persisting with a failing hardware division. Nintendo going third party sooner rather than later would avoid this exact scenario.

 

Nintendo puts the effort into their games in order to sell their hardware, and vice versa. If the need to make quality games in order to push their hardware is gone, I feel the game quality would suffer immensely, as a large part of the incentive is gone. Furthermore, hardware brings in a lot more profit than a$50-$60 game. The entirity of Nintendo's survival as a company hinging completly on something as small as video game software would be disasterous for them. They would implode as a company, unless they underwent a MAJOR downsizing. 

Also, I don't get why Nintendo hardware gets this bad stigma.. It's not only far cheaper (in price, NOT in quality), but it's far more durable (doesn't break on you 33% of the time like the PS2 or old Xbox 360), interface is more seemless, and comes with free online. Also, unlike the Wii, Nintendo how has hardware that is at least "good enough" in terms of horsepower. Just what the hell do people feel is wrong with their hardware?

Nintendo is not going third party people. EVER. Best to make peace with this fact now rather than later. Honestly, Sony is far more likely to go third party than Nintendo.