What Nintendo should have done instead (in my opinion)

[PxlStorm]

Ka-pi96 said:

PxlStorm said:

Ka-pi96 said:

But by neglecting the console userbase they'd losing out on a lot of potential sales. They'd make much more money being multiplat than PC exclusive.

That said, if it was possible it may not be a bad idea to copy Microsoft and keep the console going and also release on their own exclusive PC marketplace. That gives them some of the benefits you propose by increasing their potential audience but it still gives them the possibility to get console sales. This approach however would make getting 3rd party multiplats on their consoles even more important so that it makes their console more competitive despite only having partial rather than full exclusives.

This service could not co-exist with a Nintendo console because, like you said,the console wouldn't be able to compete against the other consoles. This is why the PC service idea is good in my eyes. It wouldn't need to compete against the other services because it's for free, just like Steam, Uplay and so on.

Except it does compete with Steam, Uplay, Origin and consoles. The primary purpose of having a storefront like that is to sell 3rd party software and get royalties from that in addition to your own. If they are just selling their own stuff then they would just be better off releasing on steam etc.

That would work, but they'd have to give a part of their revenue to them as well. Nintendo doesn't give in that easily.