Would Nintendo survive if they went 3rd party?

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zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

The main issue with going third party is losing licensing fee revenue.

Aside from the Wii U every Nintendo platform, even the GameCube, had significant amount of licensing revenue from third parties.

It doesn't even matter if a third party game sells or not ... that copy of Barbie's Dream Adventure sitting in the $10 discount bin for Wii or 3DS at your local Wal-Mart? Guess what? Nintendo already made $6-$10 for that copy of the game whether it sells or not because the publisher had to pay that fee just to have it manufactured. 

They lose royalties plus having to pay royalties plus the loss of hardware/accessory profits (outside of 2-3 years this generation hardware has been profitable for Nintendo) which means their games would need to sell much better in order to make up for all this.

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I think some people around here have no idea how much money and profit Nintendo sometimes makes through selling accessories for home consoles or handhelds. They can make things like the stylus for the 3DS, or 'Pro controllers' for the Wii U, very cheaply and are virtually guranteed to make money whenever people buy those

Nintendo's business model is about the whole package. Their system sales, accessory sales, software sales. Obviously they are capable of going third party but how would it benefit them? they lose some control on what they're producing, they have to pay part of their sales to whomever console their games are on, and (frankly) they probably annoy part of their fanbase who loves their systems

Bear in mind that Nintendo is a pretty private and controlling company. They like to be in charge of what they're doing. 

It just doesn't make sense. Again, we're talking about a company that is technically way more financially healthy than SONY and people are bringing up the concept of them going third party? Probably the same people saying it now were saying it back during the Gamecube generation and look what happened the following gen.

Nintendo doesn't need to abandon their strategies. They just need to make more consumer driven decisions if they want to be back on top again