Would Nintendo survive if they went 3rd party?

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Ruler said:

Vodacixi said:

None of that former console manufacturers had as many huge IPs as Nintendo. Not even close.

SEGA, SNK, Atari having no huge IPs? They have no huge IPs now because they failed commercially to transition to third party but at the time their IPs were quite huge. Look also at Capcom or Konami, owning huge IPs dont mean necessary sucess these days

Hes right, Sega, SNK & Atari never had nearly as many big sellers as Nintendo.

Capcom & Konami only have a couple huge franchise. Metal Gear Solid is basically Konami's only huge franchise.

Capcom has Street Fighter, Resident Evil & Monster Hunter. SF was huge in the early 90s then had a huge decline, had a revival in the late 00s but seems to be declining again. Resident Evil is still pretty big but the most recent entry had a big decline. Monster Hunter is huge in Japan but is still somewhat niche in the west.

None of these companies have/had close to the number of huge games Nintendo has.