Meh. I chalk most of Ninty's failures with third parties today up to Yamauchi's draconian business methods. As much as I don't want to disrespect the dead, the guy was a giant dick and his actions cost Nintendo big time back in the mid-late 90's, and that major third party support is something they'll never get back.
I think Iwata does know that they can't get third party support like Sony/MS can, and as much as he'll paint the situation as a virtue, it's not helpful. They need the external support as well as a way to pump out first party software faster, which seems to be why:
1) Ninty's being more open to collaborations with devs like PG and Valhalla
2) Ninty's more open to crossovers
3) Unifying the architecture of their console and handheld is a thing next gen (they can make more games if they can port engines and assets easily between two systems)
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