S.T.A.G.E. said:
Soundwave said:
Nintendo can get third party games. Even the Wii U was getting a fair amount before it became obvious about 4-5 months in that it wasn't going to be some kind of sales hit.
The bigger issue is audience. They can't get the audience for those games. They've become far too closely associated as a kids and casual brand for too long that they MS and Sony can just dominate them for mindshare among the people that buy the big ticket third party titles.
They haven't had a blockbuster game for the 16-35 year old demographic since GoldenEye ... that's 18 whopping years ago. And I mean some of that is Nintendo's fault, they have all the money and resources in the world to at least make one IP that is a big gun with older male consumers, but they choose not to go after that and when they do they go with very niche ideas like Fatal Frame.
Nintendo's Japanese division domiantes the entire company since Iwata took over, so that it's painfully easy for Sony/MS to walk all over them in the West too.
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The remedy is to woo the third party over to them before they launch the console. The NX has the best shot at this at best.
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It's too late now I think. They had maybe a window there a few years ago because the PS3/360 gen was going too long where they could've struck quickly with a more powerful machine and maybe taken advantage of a 1 year headstart, but now no one is really clamouring for a third me-too console.
They could go the up-power route the problem with that is you need a ton more power going forward to make it noticable over the PS4 (diminshing returns). That and the hardware would be expensive and the game development would be monumentally expensive.
To be honest do we really need three platform makers doing the exact same thing? If you like what Sony and MS does, then buy a Sony or MS console. It's not like we're lacking for choice here. I'm not saying I wouldn't appreciate a more powerful hardware, but I don't know if there really is a market for another console like that.
Even if Nintendo did that, they are so closely associated with being a family/kids/casual brand that they wouldn't have the credibility to really say to core gamers "hey don't buy that PS4, buy our new Nintendo instead".
