Nintendo Files Patent For a Console Without the Optical Disk (But has a Card Slot)

[Soundwave]

Paatar said:

Soundwave said:
The mistake Nintendo made with third parties and Wii U was releasing a system very underpowered, it had nothing to do with the format.

Developers don't care about that, the PC gets plenty of developer support because it can run the games without much fuss, even though no one buys physical/disc based PC games.

Digital only really actually probably benefits developers ... now they don't have to give away $10-$15 of their profit per copy to the retailer/shipper/physical manufacturing costs.

If it was power, all these third party games wouldn't have been released on 360 and PS3. Which are both weaker than the Wii U.

Having a userbase matters too, but the Wii U did actually get a fair amount of support for its first year. The only huge third party IP it didn't get was GTA, and that's more to do with Nintendo's image as a Disney-esque brand. But if the system actually could run those games, I wouldn't really have any doubt that games like DQXI, Kingdom Hearts 3, FFXV, and others would be on the Wii U today. It's just too much of a pain in the ass to rework those games as ports and the upside to doing so is not appealling enough. 

Regardless, third parties absolutely would prefer a digital only format. If I'm running a cookie business and I had to share 1/3 of my profit for each cookie I sold and you told me I could sell my cookies and keep that profit, obviously any logical person would prefer the second scenario.