se7en7thre3 on 28 February 2015
| Mr Khan said: Something like that is effectively what Nintendo would need to do in order to dig out of the reputation that you never (barring important exceptions like Monster Hunter) buy 3rd party games on Nintendo systems. GTA, Call of Duty, Mass Effect, mainline Final Fantasy, or Assassin's Creed. They would have to moneyhat one of those, and it would cost them a bundle to do so. Anything less than exclusive and it won't matter; people will buy it for other systems because that's where they're used to buying such games. Well, timed exclusive could do it too, if you gave Nintendo platforms one Q4 with one of those games as an exclusive. Actually now that i say that, it makes the third party conundrum seem more solvable. |
Doing something like this would help only in the short term. But to have a long term effect, Nintendo would have to have the horsepower so it shows they are competing again.
So let's say Nintendo wants to make a comeback with the big 3rd party/mature crowd. Horsepower alone may not be enough, but if they buy a major exclusive (even if its like the Resi. 4 deal) it would put Nintendo back in the game as a serious competitor.
