If Nintendo could make up for the lack of 3rd parties, would people become interested on their consoles again?

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Ka-pi96 said:

Darwinianevolution said:

Ka-pi96 said:
I don't think Nintendo are capable of releasing 100+ games per year by themselves. But even if they did the majority of them will be new IPs. Hard to sell those to people that don't already have the console unless they have some interesting concept and merely being knock offs of other games isn't going to accomplish that since people will just buy the original games instead of the Nintendo knock offs that would require a whole new system purchase.

Nintendo isn't capable of making hundreds of big games per year, sure. But imagine if Nintendo makes a game similar to, per example Skyrim. Imagine that Nintendo creates a medieval-fantasy open world WRPG, and because Nintendo's name is attached, sells really well on the system. That could cause two things: one, more interest from the userbase to games of the same genre, and two, proof to 3rd parties that games from those genres sell well. Nintendo can't push effectively a console all by themselves, but they need to set an example and show other publishers that their userbase do buy games. I'm pretty sure that, if there were more cartoony shooters on the market, some would try to release on the WiiU after the success of Splatoon.

Isn't that part of the problem though? If it sells well because of the Nintendo name then it will only be selling to existing Nintendo fans and wouldn't be expanding their user base. Such a strategy would only be effective if it were to lure over other people that aren't necessarily interested in what Nintendo usually offers. But to do that they would not only have to make a game as good as something like Skyrim they would also have to give it a tonne of marketing to get people to take notice of it.

Maybe, but it would be serviceable either way. If it attracts 3rd party, you win more games and more atention to the system. If doesn't attract 3rd parties, then that game has no competition of other games of similar genre and it can sell unoposed, Nintendo fans get a new game and Nintendo still gains a new IP and erases the myth that Nintendo only rehashes content. Anyway you look at it, it benefits Nintendo.