Why Nintendo shouldn't suck up to third parties

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TruckOSaurus said:

Train wreck said:
This is an unsolvable problem for Nintendo, because the only realistic solutions would be to either pay off third parties for ports (thus ruining profitability).

How is it ruining profitability? If a said multiplatform game is not coming to the console, Nintnedo receive zero dollars. Paying for port guarantees some level of profitability in that Nintendo would receive royalty payments.

Let's suppose Nintendo had to pay off RockSteady to make Arhkam City Wii U, do you really believe they would have made back their money with the 210k copies it sold? Or if Nintendo had to pay off Namco for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 would have they made back their money with the 130k it sold on Wii U?

It depends, if it's the petty effort that Nintendo tends to give then no.  If its on the level of Sony and Microsoft where the title drives hardware, then im sure the payment would be worth it.