| pokoko said: Their job? That depends on what they want to accomplish. If you want the platform itself to be strong then you're going to make it your job to see that third parties do as well as they can. I mean, you're making money when third parties sell a game on your system and you're increasing the value of your platform overall. That has a ripple effect on your own games. |
I pretty much agree with this.
I'll add on this. Nintendo isn't doing anything to be inviting to 3rd parties or be willing to pay for any ports which is some of the reason why nintendo has been declining. 3rd party games are too popular with the majority of gamers to just ignore. From nintendo's prespective, it doesn't need third party games to generate profit so it disregards them and doesn't pay for any ports. Pleasing it's fanbase and converting gamers/casuals into fans should be just as important as their profit because it will dictate their business in the future. If it's fanbase keeps shrinking, it will be eventually forced to go third party and/or focus on mobile to turn a profit on a much easier to please and bigger potential userbase.
