- Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter talked during Siftd‘s newest Pachter Factor episode about the upcoming Nintendo console and how important those titles and third party games are in the future success of the console in .
- on what makes a person pick a particular console he said:
“But third-party support, so you should be as a gamer indifferent among any of the three consoles except for first-party content,"
"Because you should be able to play Madden, FIFA, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto on any console you wish, and then the deciding factor becomes whether you can play Nintendo content, Microsoft content, or Sony first-party content."
- on how important third party titles affected the sales performance of the Wii U and how he thinks history will repeat for the next Nintendo console if those titles aren't available to possible Nintendo console buyers once again:
"Nintendo lost its way by not having GTA on this console, not having FIFA on the Wii U, and if the aren’t on NX then it is doomed before it launches. So, that’s the way to make it succeed..."
- on Nintendo focusing in first party titles but not securing big third party titles:
"Where I think Nintendo lost its way, and the reason that I have been so harshly critical of Nintendo leadership in the past is they were too focused on first-party software and not focused enough on keeping third-parties engaged."
- on his "love" for the gamepad:
"Third-party support is the only way that the NX is going to succeed, and not being the Wii U. So, the Wii U with the GamePad just sucked. It made your arms tired, it had a crappy battery life, it didn’t add a lot to the gameplay, and the best games don’t even use the GamePad."
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/621478/Nintendo-NX-Call-of-Duty-update-FIFA-Wii-U
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
