Would Nintendo be more profitable as a third party publisher?

[Final-Fan]

Hibern81 said:

Final-Fan said:

Hibern81 said:

This is simply a question, and not an underlying desire whatsoever. I, for one, would hate to see nintendo leave the console business.  Tha said I've often wondered if the transition would actually be more of a profitable one. Seeing as I do not have the insight or business knowledge I leave it to minds greater than mine.

Your question is commonly posed by trolls and people with axes to grind, but I will presume you are honestly curious yet ignorant.  Joe the Bro has given a pretty good answer.  If you missed it, here's the short version:  Not only does Nintendo profit on its hardware, but it also gets significant cuts of the sales of other publishers' games on their consoles, while keeping the cut they would have had to give Sony or MS if Nintendo published on their consoles.  The increased audience isn't worth it.  

Seeing as how I am an avid Nintendo supporter I am definitely not trying to troll anyone. And how does having a thirst for knowledge make one ignorant? I asked the question as humbly as I could. 

There is nothing the matter with your humility.  I did not say you were ignorant as a way to insult you; I said you were ignorant as a description of your apparently near-total lack of knowledge and insight concerning the topic of this thread.  That is what ignorance is, and since I trust that that ignorance has been replaced with understanding, I am happy that that transition has happened.