KingdomHeartsFan said:
Soundwave said:
What's the appeal to third parties?
I'm sure they will have similar support to the 3DS, which is OK, but primarily Nintendo is going to have to carry the platform on their own no matter what.
Reducing software redundcy will be big for Nintendo too. We really don't need NSMB2 and NSMBU or Smash Bros. U and 3DS or Mario 3D Land and Mario 3D World, etc. in a unified scenario, Nintendo can make one version of their big tent pole games and then that "box" is checked, you don't have to worry about the "well we just launched 3DS, we really need to make sure it has a 2D Mario, and 3D Mario, etc. ... oh now we launched Wii U, now we need to do the same thing again for the Wii U".
Just make Mario 3D World for both, then you can move that team onto something else, for example taking a chance on an original IP or taking a swing at another Nintendo IP. That broadens their software diversity.
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Because Nintendo's software doesn't have the wide appeal they need, or at least not enough to justify a console purchase. That's where third parties come in.
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There isn't really much evidence that third party games significantly boost Nintendo hardware sales really. The GameCube and Wii U early on had a fair number of big third party IP ... Wii U had COD, Assassin's Creed, Batman, Zombi U, etc. and the launch was still extremely weak.
Sony/MS simply have a strangle hold on the market that games like COD and GTA and Madden NFL appeal to and there's not a lot Nintendo can do about it unless they're willing to waste a ton of money/resources getting into a pissing match with the likes of Microsoft and Sony ... which they're not.
So that's a dead end.
