The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

[Teeqoz]

Ka-pi96 said:

Teeqoz said:

the_dengle said:

Sure, when you look at the worst-selling Nintendo console ever it seems like going third party might be slightly more profitable for them. Now tell me Mario Kart Wii would have sold ten million more copies as a PS3/360 game.

You also forgot to factor in the increased costs of developing on two or more platforms at once.

No, potentially it's a lot more profitable for them, even if we presume their next platform is a moderate success (N64 level, 30-35 million sales). If Nintendo, in some magic way would be able to even come remotely close (70 million +) to replicating the Wii's success, then sure, going third party wouldn't benefit them.

I didn't forget to factor inthe increased costs of developping for two or more platforms at once, but I don't really know how much it would cost to port a Nintendo game from the PS4 to the XBO or vice versa.

Ubisoft says less than a million Euros to port to Wii U. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-23-ubisoft-says-wii-u-ports-costing-under-USD1-3-million

If they were made from the start for PC/PS/Xbox then porting to the other 2 platforms should be easier and cheaper than that though.

Then that is a non issue really.