Pachter: Nintendo should go third party until they can make a good console

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vivster said:

 

Nintendo is not Sega. It has enough original IPs to carry the business whereas Sega has nothing. Sega was an incompetent company when it was having hardware as well.

Those Studios you mentioned wouldn't have to "expand" if they built their games on other consoles from the start. Nintendo's money is not special. They will get that from other companies as well.

And that whole bullcrap about "Nintendo games are tailored to special hardware". No it is not. It's just hardware. Stop pretending Nintendo's hardware is made of fairy dust. I have yet to see a Nintendo exclusive that wouldn't be as enjoyable on different hardware.

Nintendo has to start somewhere. They can't just snap their fingers and have the ability to create for a plethora of new hardware and operating systems. Nintendo employs over 5,000 people to manage two systems. Even more employees would be needed to keep titles coming at a sufficent rate on numerous different platforms. The 5,000 current employees would have to learn new systems. Porting is not as simple as copy and pasting.

This isn't about a Nintendo title being enjoyable on another system, it's about it being financially beneficial for Nintendo to do so, and it wouldn't be. Investors would leave and stocks would plummet. Money would be burned expanding as needed. Less money would be made because games would be coming out more slowly.

Sega was much smaller than Nintendo, even combined with Sammy they have but 2,000 more employees than Nintendo. Sega was in ruin until Sammy, who already had 3rd party infrastructure in place, came in to help. Nintendo being a larger company and having more IPs to take care of makes it more difficult, not easier. Unless Nintendo buys another company they'd have a difficult time transitiong.

Conceivably, years down the road, Nintendo would be making a profit. But just because it's conceivable doesn't mean it's guaranteed.