If Nintendo had to, which one?

[midrange]

CaptainExplosion said:

midrange said:

If they don't find success in the console business, the last thing they are going to do is look to be acquired. Being third party at least gives them the freedom to operate as they so choose.

Which is why Sega fell so hard in recent years.

One instance does not define the rule. There are a variety of differences between what sega was then, and what Nintendo is now. Literally over a decade has passed.

If sega is the perfect precedent for what Nintendo is, then Nintendo will go third party soon and seeing as how the wii u is closest in quality and sales to the dreamcast