How much money did Ninty make from Galaxy? Well - say 6m units, and $30+ profit from each unit - $180m. And increasing weekly, by.. $1m per week?
Even if they sold their engine for $1m per license, license revenue would be miniscule compared to revenue from a quality game.
Compare that to the extra *competition*, and competitive advantage they would lose by giving their hard work away to competitors. Which translates into lost revenue from games like SMG.
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Its no accident Nintendo's focus is primarily software development - it is bay FAR the easiest (and best) way to make heaps of $$$ in the games industry. No other company can touch them, by the quite literal country mile.
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