The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

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Nem said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Nem said:
I dont know how anyone can even sugest this after we see the case study that is SEGA. It was the worst decision ever.

Was it? They were nearing bankruptcy when they were still making consoles. They went third party in 2001 and now they are still around 14 years later. Considering if they had kept making consoles they likely would have went bankrupt and wouldn't exist anymore I'd say that was a good decision.

Besides that, on the game quality front I'd say they are now better than ever!

You consider this staying around? They retreated to mobiles because they are so incompetent at everything they do. They lost all their talent. It would have been best to just bankrupt. They just went for the slow death instead of the quick one. Now instead of looking at them with nostalgia, we look at the with contempt.

Also, Nintendo is nowhere near banktupting atm. Completely different situation.

Errr... i couldnt disagree more with the last statement. I would like to know wich game they make you think is particularly good.

They lost all their talent before they went third party. The situation SEGA is in now doesn't come from SEGA going 3rd party, it comes from all the dumb shit they did before they went third party.