RolStoppable said:
You have it backwards. The ratios are the result of third parties not working on Nintendo consoles. Although you are correct in that third parties will look at it the way you did, hence why Nintendo is trapped in an unfavorable and perpetual cycle. Every new Nintendo console will see halfassed attempts of third parties due to sales on previous consoles which instantly leads to low sales that are in turn used to justify scaling support further. That's why Nintendo appealing to third parties with their console design is a lost cause, because whatever Nintendo will do, third parties won't change their stance that their initial efforts have to be test games due to previous Nintendo consoles; that is, if third parties decide to show up at all. |
And that's why Nintendo needs to focus on creating a self sustaining software ecosystem that doesn't need third party games. They need to have as many first party and exclusive titles on their platforms as the competition has 3rd party titles on theirs. They need to get people in the mindset that if they don't buy Nintendo, they'll be missing out on exactly half of the best games of any given generation.
