Miyamoto comments on future of F-Zero

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curl-6 said:

hsrob said:
Nintendo's being talking it up about allowing third parties to work on their franchises, I think this is a perfect opportunity. After all it worked out ok last time.

It worked out great in terms of producing a stellar game, but not so well financially; F Zero GX only shifted 650k copies.

If Nintendo is going to support a console without third parties they have to be willing to take some small risks on franchises that may not see huge sales if for no other reason than diversifying their library. They already have an engine they could use, which would surely lend itself to developing the game on a relatively smaller budget.

Even for Nintendo, not all their games need to sell to 20-30% of the user base.