Nintendo has tons of leverage right now if they wanted they could have Sony and MS jumping through hoops for their services. I said it in the other thread but if I'm Nintendo I don't even consider anything unless the deal is ridiculously favorable.
First I would give NX a chance to do its thing. If it doesn't look so hot THEN,
I'd seek out support for ONE of MS or Sony, not both, and I would pit them against each other in a bidding war. The terms are
- You give us 30% of all third party licensing fees.
- We get to make our own Nintendo branded PS or XB with its own controller.
- You pay us X-amount every year for free advertising
- We pay zero or almost zero in licensing fees to you.
- You have to support our portable console if we choose to continue making them.
In exchange you get our IP on your system.
If the answer is no, we go take meetings with Apple and Google and Samsung about making a console platform with them and see how you like competing against them.
IMO Microsoft would take that deal right now if offered, Sony would likely also strongly consider it especially because I don't think they want any part of competing against the above three.
Nintendo is stubborn and they are in a considerably better position than Sega ever was especially now that their stock is soaring and Pokemon Go has shown how valuable their IP can be. I don't see them accepting any thing short of a monstrous deal.
