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Samus Aran on 03 March 2015
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torok said:
Samus Aran said:


Maybe Sony and MS would make a profit for once if they stopped relying on third party support and made games that sell like Pokémon. ;)

It's pretty obvious that Nintendo makes more money.

Third party support doesn't come free.

Nintendo sells hardware because of their first party games.


Obvious? Why? Pokemon is a good seller, but it isn't a CoD or GTA, games that sell the majority of copies at full price and aren't retailing for a lower MRSP like portable titles. And just look at the massive amount of 3rd party games, it's way more titles than Nintendo can output.

3rd party support is basically free. Even when we have exclusivity deals, it's never a direct money transfer. It's normally lowered royalties, better online store placement, free advertising, bundles, things that are cheap for the console company.

And just to close it, they create games that sell like Pokemon, that is a 12M+ series now. Halo, GT, even TLOU will end up doing these kind of numbers.If we factor in 3rd parties like GTA or CoD, it becomes a bad joke.

3rd parties are what sells consoles. Lack of 3rd party support is why Wii U is in the position it is today and why this gen PS4 will easily outsell Wii U + 3DS even with a way higher price point.

Obvious because Nintendo has been posting profit after profit since they became active in the console business. 

PS and XBOX brand haven't made nealy as much money as Nintendo consoles.

Nintendo posted higher profits than Sony during the freaking PS2 era. Sony still couldn't beat them despite selling 150 million consoles lol. If these third party royalties are so great than how come they're basically in the red as a whole?

First of all, Pokémon is much cheaper to develop and market than games like CoD, GTA or Halo. Royalties take up around 10% of a $60 game. Nintendo gets much more than that of each Pokémon game sold. CoD would need to sell over 40 million copies to equal 10 million Pokémon games. And Nintendo still has games like Super S=mash Bros. (6-8 million on handhelds, 3-5 million on Wii U) Mario Kart (sells over 10 million on handhelds and 5-7 million on Wii U), AC (around 8-10 million on handhelds, will also come on Wii U most likely), 2D Mario platformer (8-10 million on handhelds, 5-7 million on Wii U), 3D Mario platformer (10 million on handhelds, 3-5 million on Wii U).

Sony would need over a 100 million third party games sold to make as much money as those franchises in royalties.

Pokémon ORAS is a remake running on an existing engine using many of the same assets as X/Y. That game is pure profit lol.