| RolStoppable said: Soundwave, you have yet to address why third parties should develop for this high-end Nintendo console. |
Because third parties can't ignore viable platforms any longer.
As long as Nintendo doesn't pull anything stupid like making the system a generation behind the base PC version most developers make their game around (causing huge headaches when it comes to porting a game). It has to be EASY to port games with no fuss and no requirement on devs to bend over backwards to accomodate some weird propietary platform.
Nintendo should be the one to accomodate third parties, not the other way around. That's one fundamental area where Nintendo is simply going to have to eat crow on, it's a stupid, pointless battle to try and win anyway.
But the reality of game development today is simply put these modern games cost so much money to develop nowadays that a developer cannot afford to ignore any viable platform. As long as it doesn't require a lot of fuss to port, they will port it.
As a sweetner though, I'd suggest Nintendo waive most or even all third party licensing fees for the first 8-12 months. It's not like they're getting a ton now, that would give developers a pretty huge incentive to develop and support the platform strongly from day 1 because they'd be making $10 more profit for every copy they sell on the Nintendo version versus a PS4/X1 version.
