Conina on 31 August 2014
| padib said: As usual, with Nintendo, 3rd parties don't take business risks, they piggyback onto Nintendo's success. |
And in return, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony don't take business risks in letting 3rd party games on their platforms. The risks for these games stays at Ubisoft, EA, Activision, smaller publishers and indie developers. While every 1st party AAA game is a huge risk for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.
These riskless license fees for 3rd party games are easy money for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, they are the bread and butter of the platform owners. If a platform ain't attractive for 3rd parties, these missing license fees make it very hard for the platform owners to keep profitable, even when most of the 1st party games are profitable.
