Nintendo would fail as 3rd party, and here's why!

[DanneSandin]

Kyuu said:

DanneSandin said:

What I said in the OP is that some might disappear from home consoles altogether, because they would get a 3DS. And if Nintendo fans are hesistant to getting a $300 console, how inclinded do you think they would be to getting a console for $400? Or $500? I'm not saying that they would disappear, but that some might stop gaming on home consoles, and others would simply get a 3DS, while others would migrate to PS4/X1.

And like I showed in the OP, platformers aren't popular with PS4/X1 gamers, so while they might compensate for the disappeared Nintendo fans, they would hardly be enough to offset the increased costs that comes with being a 3rd party developer (increased ads, dev costs, royalties).

And if they lost their passion for making games, wouldn't that mean a drop in quality? And wouldn't that in turn mean less sales? And we all know that leads to less profit, and the very reason why they shouldn't go 3rd party.

Of course it does, I fear they'd pull a Sega. But if Nintendo keeps doing what they do, which is making excellent games, then I don't see this change harming them all that much. There is a 50/50 chance of them succeeding.

About genre, I explained it using GT as a Racing game example. If the game you're making is unique, popular and well advertised,  genre's common laws wont necessarily apply. Final Fantasy is another good example! JRPG is a weak genre but that didn't stop the franchise from selling despite the decline in quality and the overwhelming negativity after FF12. Nintendo is a huge name, the genre wont kill them, rather I believe they will revitalize it.

I reitirate though, I don't believe this works but "on paper" it could. I wouldn't be surprised if someone believes it does work.

But what about the smaller franchises Nintendo has? Would they sell better on PS/XB? Probably not. Most likely only the big games would get noticed and sell, thus decreasing Nintendo's profits from their smaller games. That coupled with higher dev costs and the cost of porting the game to the second console wouldn't surely mean less profits for Nintendo.