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Nuvendil on 18 September 2015
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Soundwave said:
Nuvendil said:
Soundwave said:
People who think Nintendo will be able to handle a separate PS4-level console and a Vita+++ portable next generation are going to get a rude, rude awakening I think.

Unifying product lines for Nintendo isn't a choice at this point ... it's a necessity. They can't support the Wii U and 3DS as is, let alone a large generational leap above that.

At this point, Nintendo at max output can deliver maybe 3-4 high-end HD games per year. This year it was Xenoblade X, Splatoon, Yarn Yoshi, and uh ... Mario Maker I guess.

Or they could, you know get some 3rd party support?  Like normal companies?  Cause even if they unify that doesn't help much.  Cause now they are still having to create those HD experiences that eat up so many resources.  Nintendo needs 3rd party support OR they need to roughly double or tripple their resources/manpower.  Unifying will help with efficiency, but it won't make their people spontaneously grow a second head and pair of arms so that they can make stuff for two games at once.  It's either expand ridiculously (absurdly expensive, may not work) or get 3rd party support and market what they *do* make (the rational option). 

Third party support would be nice, but those types of games generally don't see the greatest on Nintendo platforms, the Wii U had OK third party support for its first two years, but the sales of the games were dismal. 

Nintendo will never expand by 2x-3x quickly like that. They're an extremely stubborn Japanese company that values its internal culture, and that can't be maintained if you just radically flood the company with new employees overnight. They like being a small, tightly controlled by upper management type of company. 

The Wii U did *not* have OK third party support, it had an initial token showing (late ports) followed by patchy support, followed by total abandonment.  EA and Bethesda dropped it immediately.  And the developers didn't even talk about Wii U being a supported platform 99% of the time.  ANd Nintendo's marketing department was on extended leave apparently.  They need to get the reliable players involved AND market with a balanced tone that appeals to multiple demographics rather than trying to target small children for the first 3 years almost exclusively as if they are the people who make the buying decisions in households. 

And I wasn't saying they *would* expand, I was saying that that's what it would take to seriously increase their productivity.  Efficiency-bolstering unification will give them 1 or 2 more games, maybe.