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Soundwave on 28 May 2015
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zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

Third parties just don't need Nintendo. Now that there are two better alternatives for them in Sony and MS, Nintendo just isn't needed.


Basically the big western publishers & Nintendo have different views on the types of games they make and this leads to them attracting different audiences so western 3rd parties don't need Nintendo & Nintendo doesn't need western 3rd parties.


Except Japanese 3rd party support for their consoles has been even worse. Ubi Soft and Activision have been actually two of Nintendo's better third party partners. 

And every console manufacturer needs Western third party support if they want to be truly relevant in the West, but I think Nintendo is kind of just out of it when it comes to that. The mistake was letting both Sony AND Microsoft gain large footholds into the industry, that's really where all these problems stem from. 

Consumers, third parties, etc. no one really wants a third wheel console. There's never been three successful consoles at once except when the Wii went to a total casual slant opening up a temporary new audience that's since shifted away.