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Teeqoz on 06 April 2015
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RolStoppable said:
Teeqoz said:
RolStoppable said:
So we have numbers posted in the OP, yet still have to discuss what the better course of action is? Seriously?

The only way that "Nintendo should go third party" can be made defensible is by arguing on the premise that Nintendo consoles will sell only 10m units in the future, but that in and of itself is an indefensible position again.

What numbers are in the OP that ends all discussion about whether or not Nintendo should go 3rd party?

Do you believe that a third party Nintendo would be able to reach the same heights? It's hard to imagine because Sony and Microsoft combined will sell less hardware than Nintendo did during this peak.

It's also worth thinking about the 2001-2005 era. Even though Nintendo handhelds sold far better, the revenue from home consoles isn't that far behind. At this point you might as well add handhelds to the things that Nintendo should scrap.

But more importantly, Nintendo's plans going forward are the creation of a Nintendo platform that extends beyond dedicated Nintendo hardware and leads back to said hardware. The suggestion to go third party for home console games undermines the strategy of a unified Nintendo ecosystem, because Nintendo's development resources are obviously best used to grow said ecosystem instead of competing with it. Looking at Nintendo's handhelds and home consoles as completely separate entities is being oblivious to where the company is going.

"It's also worth thinking about the 2001-2005 era. Even though Nintendo handhelds sold far better, the revenue from home consoles isn't that far behind. At this point you might as well add handhelds to the things that Nintendo should scrap."

Not really, no. As a multiplat publisher for home consoles, Nintendo would have a much bigger userbase to sell to, that wouldn't be the case as a publsiher on home consoles. Besides, I don't mean that Nintendo's home console division is performing badly, (okay currently it is, but that's besides the point) but that it could potentially perform better.

And while I do think that Nintendo would not be able to reach those heights as a 3rd party publisher, I do believe their lows wouldn't be that low and that their normals would be substantially higher. If Nintendo were to invent fairy dust and make a success like the Wii again (and again and again and again), then going third party would (obviously) not benefit them. However I don't think they will.

Nintendo is already spreading out as a part of that strategy, why couldn't they also spread out to multiplat home console titles? It would, in my opinion of course, be a better bet for both direct software profits, but also for seriously expanding their fan base.