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zorg1000 said:
Alot of people in here are talking about porting from PS/Xbox/PC to Nintendo's next console/handheld but if they do go with a unified approach where all games run on both platforms then do they really need the major 3rd party titles?

I kinda think thats a major reason for going with this strategy so that they can essentially support themselves without the need of 3rd parties, of course they will still be welcome but not absolutely necessary, its not like Nintendo home consoles have really gotten excellent 3rd party support for the last 20 years and when they do the games usually sell much worse than the competition.

Nintendo has excellent software output, the only problem is that they are spread out across two seperate platforms resulting in droughts but if all the games released on there handhelds were also on there consoles and vice versa then Nintendo may honestly be able to pump out an exclusive every month. Combine that with the fact that Nintendo handhelds always have excellent support from Japanese 3rd parties and u have devices with a steady stream of high quality software.

I dont see Nintendo doing a exclusive every month. Also the successors will be having higher resolution games than the current 3DS and Wii U, so it will require more development time/cost. Also gamers wont be supporting the same IPs for long time when others are moving with diverse games with their exclusives and 3rd parties. I really doubt nintendo future in both Handheld and Home console. They can only have success in Portable (only if they have cheap and providing software library llike 10 exclusives every year because there will be no 3rd party for future due to they are attracted mobile install base for portable games) and Console is impossible due to PS/Xbox which solidified their position with trust from 3rd parties, gamers and prepared network/First party teams to pump games at reasonable pace for next gen.



GAMING is not about spending hours to pass/waste our time just for fun,

its a Feeling/Experience about a VIRTUAL WORLD we can never be in real, and realizing some of our dreams (also creating new ones).

So, Feel Emotions, Experience Adventure/Action, Challenge Game, Solve puzzles and Have fun.

PlayStation is about all-round "New experiences" using new IP's to provide great diversity for everyone.

Xbox is always about Online and Shooting.

Nintendo is always about Fun games and milking IP's.