Would you mind if Nintendo went third-party?

[Aeolus451]

bunchanumbers said:

Aeolus451 said:

Hmmm you have a point. That's on nintendo though. They don't really make many new IPs this gen that aren't related to one of their main IPs. Nintendo could just become a bigger publisher than any of the others and work with studios to bring their games to people but still develope their own games. Surely, if nintendo fans spoke out, nintendo would listen especially since they're purely a video game company. 

Yeah, that's why Sega made Phantasy Star 5, or made Bayo 2 and Shenmue 3 happen. Once they go 3rd party its over. Do you really think they care what a vocal minority of gamers want when they are 3rd party? Those vocal minority sales matter to Nintendo now because they also buy consoles, peripherals and other Nintendo games. Once Sega went 3rd party they were done. The exact same thing will happen to Nintendo. Becoming bigger like you say means they need bigger sales to support themselves. They won't get those sales from niche nintendo games.

Sega is kind of a bad example even though it's the only console maker to go 3rd party. They're bad with money. Nintendo on the other hand isn't. If nintendo went 3rd, what games get sequels or what gets released largely depends on the people who buy nintendo's games. Nintendo's loyal fans is it's only market amongst gamers and it's games reflect their tastes. If nintendo fans start to demand things then most likely nintendo will have no choice but to cave in.  At some point, someone has to say "this shit isn't acceptable" or "we want this game". Nintendo has never been in a position that it can just ignore it's fans because they are it's target consumers.