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Teeqoz on 07 April 2015
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zorg1000 said:
Teeqoz said:


"The small group of people who prefer to play on a TV" lol. Small compared to mobile, bigger than the group that plays on handhelds though.

 

But no, it wouldn't. Nintendo can/ will only release on Mario Kart on heir next handheld. That might sell 10 million or something. Now what would happen to the team that makes home console MKs? If they do what you say, focus all effort on their handheld, those people will have to work on something else, which is basically guaranteed to not do as well as a multiplat Mario Kart would do.

 

How about a middle ground? The smaller Nintendo titles (FE, etc. you know what I mean) could go to their handheld, but they'd release thr big titles, the ones that are likely to take off as multiplat games, and that normally also get one handheld release (MK, 3D Mario, Zelda, SSB etc.) could be multiplat home console games. That way they'd focus more on their handheld than they do now, and only release the occasional huge titles for home consoles. The good thing about this is that it allows Nintendo to spread their resources however they like. They no longer need to worry about droughts on their home console, so they can release smaller titles on their handhelds we're they're more likely to do well than on their home consoles, but rake in the profits from the huge titles like MK etc.

I don't mean the home console market is small, I'm saying the Nintendo home market is small.

Well for one, there is no written rule banning Nintendo from releasing 2 Mario Kart titles on a single platform, they could realistically release Mario Kart 9 in 2017 then Mario Kart 10 in 2020. Two, by making all games for a single device, Nintendo is able to diversify their portfolio if they choose not to make 2 of every franchise, the amount of new IP or revived IP would grow by a pretty large amount making the device a much more attractive purchase.

If Nintendo were ever to bail out on the home console market while still remaining in the handheld market, the smartest choice would be to make the handheld the best device possible by releasing as many games on it as possible.


This thread is all about Nintendo expanding to the bigger, non-nintendo home console market though.

There's no written rule, but I don't think each of the two Mario Kart titles would sell as good as one per gen does. What it'd do is cut the legs short, and it'd also reduce consumer confidence, part of what people love about Mario Kart is that they only have to buy one title per system per gen. If they chose to not make 2 of every franchise, they would not be able to get the pretty much guaranteed massive sales of that Mario Kart title as a multiplat game. Take these scenarios:

Scenario 1: Nintendo makes 1 Mario Kart for their handheld, and that sells 10 million. Then, instead of making the HC Mario Kart, they make some other title, which, let's say sells 3 million (Imo this is pretty generous).

Scenario 2: Nintendo makes 1 Mario Kart for their handheld, and that once again sells 10 million. Then they make a HC multiplat Mario Kart that also sells 10 million combined across all platforms.

 

I'd choose scenario 2. That way Nintendo gets to leverage the potential of their massive franchises on home console. Honestly Nintendo would only have to release like 7 games as multiplats. 2D and 3D Mario, Zelda (one, possibly two depending on the length of the gen), Mario Kart, Super Smash, Metroid (I could see this becoming a huge franchise if it goes multiplat).