| Teeqoz said: You don't think Nintendo games would sell better if they were multiplat? okay. Just because SEGA didn't handle the first to third party conversion well doesn't mean that the same would happen with Nintendo. They should get dev-kits for the other consoles a long time before hand, just to get to know the different consoles. Pokemon would still sell boatloads, Mario would still do great, Metroid Prime would sell super great, because the FPS genre has much more fans on PS and XBOX consoles, and their smaller franchises would get a good boost from having the much larger installbase. And then there is the extra $ they would get from exclusive advertising deals and similar stuff. Imagine how much Sony or MS would pay to get exclusive advertising rights to Mario. They could still sell Nintendo accesories like Pro-controllers and NFC readers for both XBO and PS4. |
Bolded: Try reading again. They will sell better, will they sell enough. That is the most important question and one that none of us have any real answer to, and as history shows no matter how much you may like to downplay it, first-to-third has never ended well.
SEGA back in the day had incredibly strong franchises, franchises that were competing with Nintendo. Then the Dreamcast happened, then going software only happened. When was the last time you played a good Sonic game? Or any SEGA mainline IP? Was it years ago? I bet you it was years ago. They are a struggling company and their IP worth tanked. Tanked to the point that Nintendo actually does their franchise better than they have in near a decade.
You really overvalue Metroid Prime just because its an FPS, the game is hardly even a shooter and what made it so good had little to do with "Shoot X SpaceRussians". And the "good boost" is likely no where near actually enough of a boost of any kind. If Metroid Prime was that big of a draw, people would have spent the little bit extra on the 99$ NGC to play it. Or the other small franchises or even Mario. They really didn't.
Exactly how many third parties do you know of that sell accessories that aren't just glorified reskins of the "only controller allowed". You do know Sony does not even allow non-dual shock controllers right? You say these things "oh they can sell X, they can sell Y" as if there is any sort of precedent for it. There isn't. The only precedent we have is that console producers get to sell their own specific hardware and peripherals, and some bootlegged third-party knock offs. You'll on occasion get some sort of headset partnership or deal, or reskinned main line controller, and thats about it.
