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Soundwave on 28 June 2015
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spemanig said:
Cloudman said:

If it lines up like the Wii U, it sounds like Nintendo will fail again with 3rd parties....


I wouldn't be so sure. If they are giving third parties enough of what they want, it won't matter how late they tell them about it. (within reason) Like you said in another post, the tech will mean nothing if the games can't sell. I think the NX will be plenty powerful when compared to the PS4/XBO, but they also need to be able to bring the audience that buys those games over, and that will be where Nintendo needs to be smart. I've already said it here - they need AAA western exclusives. They need games for the NX that will make people who aren't interested at all in Nintendo hardware to suddenly become interested.

The PS4/XBO are at what? 35m combined right now? Last generation, that audience was 160m combined. The idea that that market is somehow inpenatrable is rediculus. Let's say by this time next year, they are at 60m combined. That's still 100m "mainstream" gamers, just on home consoles with untapped potencial to entice to get an NX. It's still anyones game, including Nintendo's.

I think they'll have the hardware. I think they'll have the branding. I think they'll finally have the marketing. What they'll really need is the exclusive software. Something that appeals to the mainstream western gamer that will make them think, "You know what? I'm liking the NX more than the PS4/XBO." Something like Tomb Raider, Destiny, Batman, The Division, etc. Not just Zelda. Not just Mario. Not just Metroid. Not even Pokemon. Something western, something pretty, something "gritty," something with a AAA budget and marketing push, and most importantly something exclusive to Nintendo's NX. Mario fans and moms won't make the NX successful. COD fans will. People may not want to hear it, but that's the truth.

This is the closest Nintendo will get to Nintendo's "one game can change a system" mentality.


I doubt COD fans will trade in their PS4/X1 for a Nintendo platform flooded with Disney-style mascot games. 

To compete *seriously* Nintendo would have to dramatically pare down the Pokemon/Mario/Kirby/DK stuff and make more violent 1st party IP like Bloodborne, Uncharted, Halo, etc. They would have to compete for third parties in the same Sony/MS do. They would have to market during events like the FIFA World Cup and NBA Finals like Sony and MS do. 

I don't think Nintendo has that in them. Would this even be good for the industry? Do we really need 3 hardware manufacturers doing the exact same thing more or less?