Proxy-Pie on 18 July 2016
People seems to assume that Nintendo would make more money by going multi-platform on consoles. When you factor in the loss of royalty payments, the new royalties that Nintendo themselves would pay, the porting costs, additional optimization costs, etc. I'm not so sure of that myself. I recall once reading that Nintendo's overall profits have been 40% software and 60% hardware. Idk how true that is but it's telling.
Anyways, it the NX fails I'd assume they'd go with a route similar to what Soundwave said before, where they'd partner with Sony or MS to have their games on one platform in exchange for a say in hardware, no royalties, etc.
