| Mummelmann said: No, not by a long shot. 1: They would lose the licensing/publishing royalty from developers/publishers on a platform entirely their own. 2: Nintendo having been forced to become so self-sufficient has made them an expert in creating a software/hardware synergy, their hardware depends on the software and the software depends on the hardware. Something like Wii Sports would not have been possible without a great deal of tailoring to the Wii-mote and would likely never have become such a break-out hit on a foreign platform environment. 3: Nintendo would be subject to hardware solutions, online components, marketing ploys and controller focus that would be strange to them. 4: Besides the Wii U, they usually make a lot of money on the hardware and the peripherals, you won't get to 14 billion dollars in the bank simply as a 3rd party publisher/developer, not in today's market. 5: Nintendo rely on a much higher level of market control than the others, they would essentially abandon all their advantages and lose most of their power and influence. No way they will benefit from becoming 3rd party. It's unrealistic and horribly minsconstrued as a good option, or an option at all to their current business setup. |
1. Third parties have abandoned the Wii U. The royalty income from that system is in no way close to covering the very high ongoing costs of running a console division. There aren't enough games and they aren't selling enough.
2. There is absolutely no synergy between Wii U hardware and software. Sure there was on the Wii, but doing something successfully years ago doesn't mean you just keep on doing it until you go bankrupt.
3. This is just a nothing comment. Most Wii U games use a normal controller. Nintendo devs aren't as unaware of what online is as you might believe. Nintendo would still be in charge of their own advertising. Nintendo software devs do not contribute to the hardware design, so a PS4 would be no harder for them to learn than a Wii U.
4. This is true, but Nintendo aren't getting there with the Wii U either. The market has changed and Nintendo aren't going to be capable of producing another Wii without a massive turnover at the top.
5. I don't really understand this. What power do they have as console manufacturers? They currently have no level of market control whatsoever because the market isn't buying their product.
