wombat123 said: The selfish part of me would never want Nintendo to go 3rd party because that would mean the eventual death of all of Nintendo's 2nd-tier franchises. They'd probably lower their software output since they'd no longer have to diversify their library or churn out software for their hardware and instead focus on their A-List franchises while throwing an occasional bone with a Donkey Kong or a StarFox every now and then as long as they sell more than 5-7 million copies -- if not, then it's off to the graveyard like all of those dead Sega IPs. Hell, I think most people who want Nintendo to go 3rd party don't realize that they'd probably focus most of their resources on mobile and largely neglect the console market. |
In a way, they've already gone third party by making games for mobile devices.