The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

[Teeqoz]

RolStoppable said:

Teeqoz said:

"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.

Smart devices and PCs are not competing devices like PlayStation and Xbox. While Nintendo is certainly not going to invent fairy dust, they are already in the process of setting things up to make their normals substantially higher while still remaining in complete control.

Smart devices are competing with Nintendo's handhelds than PS and Xbox ever did and ever will.