The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

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vivster said:

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vivster said:
Sometimes it's not about what's the most financially viable solution but what's the right thing to do. So get on it Nintendo, stop holding everying dear to gamers hostage.

If Nintendo went third party expect all of their IP's that don't sell > 2 million to not be used. The only reason why they make games in those franchises right now is so that they can sell more consoles with platform diversity. So if people are angry with Nintendo only making Mario, Pokemon, etc expect that to be 1000 times worse if they went third-party. 

That doesn't make any sense. Nintendo is a software company. Why would they make less games suddenly when that's their main stream of income?

Since their biggest IPs will get even bigger on multiplat, they should have enough funds to make as many games as they want. To say that Nintendo only makes games to sell hardware is a pretty cynical way to look at it.

What you're basically saying is that all of Nintendo's smaller games are losing them money.

They only make/publish niche games to sell hardware, was what I was saying. Why would Nintendo invest in Fatal Frame, Bayonetta etc  - when they can invest in vastly more profitable games? The answer is: to diversify their library, and sell hardware so that their big series can sell to more people as well. Games like Fatal Frame and Bayonetta will lose them money unless they have another purpose besides the revenue they make exceeding the costs to make them. They invest in these games because they know that there might be future benefits for doing so. This isn't excessively cynical at all. It's the reality of the matter.