I'll take Zelda And Mario over Call of Duty, Reggie says.

[kupomogli]

Deeds said:

Seece said:

They didn't need third party then, that is not now is it?

Let me clarify, they never needed third party multiplats to succeed. They never have and they never will need them.

That's why Nintendo had an aggressive contractual agreement with third parties during the NES and SNES days, because clearly they didn't need the third parties and had no problems with them going to some other console manufacturer.

That's why from the SNES to N64 they've lost much of their fanbase since most third parties went to Sony after the Nintendo exclusivity stranglehold ended? 

Yeah.  Nintendo clearly didn't need third parties.