lets face it Nintendo will never get AAA third party games again

[Darwinianevolution]

I think Nintendo will get more AAA titles, it would be very dumb for publishers to suddenly stop trying on Nintendo, even if the hardware sales aren't there. Nintendo has great relationships with eastern developers in regards to handheld titles, so at least the big handheld franchises will not abandon Nintendo. Western developers are another thing entirely, because their projects are almost always really expensive and need to sell a ton of copies to sell profitably. Etrian Oddysey IV on the 3DS sold around 31k, while Assassins Creed III sold 33k on the WiiU. Etrian Odyssey can be profitable selling those numbers, while the AC numbers made Ubisoft think the porting costs weren't worth the risk, something that became clear with AC IV.

In a sense, having the big western AAA titles or not on Nintendo platforms could be considered irrelevant at a certain point. Wester developers have gotten used to release anywhere but Nintendo systems, that makes the fans of those titles go to PS-XBox-PC, so when they release one of those games on Nintendo platforms they don't sell well because their fanbase is already elsewhere, and that makes them not release anything on Nintendo, and it becomes a cycle. Hell, EA is not bringing FIFA to handhelds anymore because they don't really see it viable anymore, even though they could just reskin the games like they've been doing for years. It's not that important not having the AAA titles, the bad thing is when Nintendo can't make up for their abscence. Nintendo needs to fill the gaps in their software library, that way, you satisfy your existent userbase and make the system unique and more attractive. Fifa isn't on the WiiU? Make a Mario Strikers. CoD isn't on the WiiU? Make Splatoon and Devil's Third. Assassins Creed isn't on WiiU? Create a new IP that could take its roll on the console. TES/Fallout aren't on your consoles? Make a Xenoblade and other open world RPGs. Street Figter/Mortal Kombat (Non-Smash 2D fighters) aren't on your consoles? Help somewhere funding a fighting game for you, ask Capcom to revive DarkStalkers (or if you're crazy enough, ask Disney to make a Nintendo vs Disney, make it happen. It could use both Infinity and Amiibo figurines, so profitable for both). Minecraft isn't on WiiU/3DS? Don't be ridiculous, Nintendo, get Minecraft, it's everywhere but in your consoles.

The thing is that Nintendo hasn't really had strong relations with big western developers outside of the big three (EA, Activision and Ubisoft). Companies like Warner Bros and Disney make a decent profit on Nintendo systems, sure, and they might try other titles (hopefully something riskier than Lego or NFC based games) on the NX, but that's not enough.  Nintendo should try to talk to other publishers tht have really never tried on Nintendo outside of shovelware: Bethesda, T2, TellTale... Maybe Nintendo can convince them to port some of their old titles (like Skyrim, Fallout, The Walking Dead, GTA V...). If the NX has a similar power to the PS4, porting shouldn't be that hard. Maybe Nintendo could try and create a new "mature" IP and let one of those studios develope it.