Is Square-Enix due for a Nintendo franchise revival?

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bigtakilla said:

KingdomHeartsFan said:

EricFabian said:

KingdomHeartsFan said:

The profit has to be enough to jusify the years of development time, which I doubt it would.  Also I'm sure SE is aware Nintendo does not have a good track record of advertising their third party exclusives. 

even it sell 1 unit, Nintendo already paid. SE would not care about sales

Ofc they'd care, they want to make a reasonable profit, if they feel like they're not gonna get that on Wii U even with the development paid for then they will just make the game for PS4/X1 where they think they will make more money.  They are also familiar with the PS4/X1 consoles and not with the Wii U's.

They also aren't going to spend Final Fantasy XV kinds of money in development. I'm thinking more Crystal Bearers for Wii money, which would mean development wouldn't really cost all that much. I think you're also assuming they'd put their main developers on the project which would not be the case, XV and KHIII would still take priority for those teams while this is made by the same devs who make all those 3DS titles. It just lets some of the smaller dev teams stretch their creative legs.

That just makes more incentive for them not to go to Nintendo...if the development isn't gonna cost that much then they don't need Nintendo to cover the costs...they self publish it, make way more money from each game sold and end up making more money than if Nintendo published it.  You just proved my point.