EA on NX support: "If it makes sense for us - we'll be there"

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EntilZha said:
None of the 3rd parties will support the NX. Period.
This is because 3rd parties will not support NX unless it sells big numbers, and the NX can not sell big numbers without 3rd party support. Chicken and the egg situation.
So, Nintendo have to decide what type of gaming company they want to be.

They can go it alone with no 3rd party support and just live off of 1st and 2nd party titles. The best they can hope for here is to keep their market share relatively stable and accept there is no real chance for growth.

They can work very hard to have 3rd party mainstream titles ported for them. However, if those titles include online play, it will be hard to compete with the MS and Sony alternatives. Unfortunately, this will include most big shooter or sports titles. So this will be mostly single player or local multiplayer stuff.

They can beg / bribe 3rd parties to develop exclusive games just for the NX. Consider for example, if EA had developed Splatoon just for the Wii U. Although Splatoon would have sold well enough on other consoles, I do not believe it would have been anywhere near as popular as it was on Wii U. EA would make a very good profit and everyone would be happy.

I seriously dont understand the mentality that "Since its Nintendo, no more third party is going to jump in".And it kinda pisses me a little.

No you are wrong.I mean, NX could end up having zero support in the end, but its not because "Its a Nintendo system, no third party game sells there".It will be based sorely on three factors:If NX has enough power to run the games smoothly, if Nintendo is more friendly over third party developers(helping with development, maybe even funding some ports, those kind of stuffs) and if NX is succesful or not(sells well or not).Companies wont say:"Oh your system has sold 60 million in 4 years, but since its a Nintendo console... fuck it, wont develop for it.".They will jump in if they see a chance to make money.Simple as that.

I will grant you one thing, and that Nintendo trully needs to be more friendly with third partys, one thing that they have been lacking sorely.And Ill also agree that they will have a long road to gain third party confidence again.But its far from impossible.