Nintendo having all their games available everywhere a better business than restricting them to a console?

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Miguel_Zorro said:

FloatingWaffles said:

I don't understand the whole logic or question of "Will Nintendo be more profitable as if they went third party or sold their own hardware", because the same things can exactly be said more Microsoft, Sony, or any other company. If any company releases games on every single platform of course they will all make more sales. that's an obvious yes answer. Why do you think Minecraft is as big as it is today? I don't know why people seem to specifically call that question to Nintendo most of the time, when it's the same for all companies, people just really want to play Nintendo games without buying the hardware I guess.

As of right now it's too soon to jump to a conclusion anyway, you would have to wait a few years at the very least and see how this all works out. 

People suggest that Nintendo should go third party before the others because Nintendo has the most successful intellectual property with the potential to sell well on other consoles.  Also, most game sales on Nintendo consoles are Nintendo games (73% for the WiiU, 60% for the Wii).  Most game sales on XBox/Sony consoles are third party games.

Like ive said, you cant just assume that Nintendo IP will do vastly better by being on PS/XB. We have seen many times that bigger install base does not automatically mean bigger sales.

Mario 64, Galaxy & 3D Land have sold around 10-12  million, thats on devices with 30-100 million install bases. Sunshine, Galaxy 2 & 3D World have also sold similar amounts.

Pokemon has sold pretty consistent for about 15 years now, the mainline titles have sold about 15-17 million while remakes have sold about 10-12 million & expansions have sold about 6-8 million. Thats on devices with 60-155 million install bases.

Animal Crossing has sold a similar amount on DS & 3DS, devices with an 80+ million gap.

Metroid II, Super Metroid, Fusion, Zero Mission, Prime 2, Prime 3, Hunters, Other M have all sold around 1.5 million give or take on devices ranging from 20-155 million. Prime is the best selling in the series on a 20 million install base.

With the exception of the first title, Kirby has sold a pretty consistent 2 million give or take on GB/NES/SNES/N64/GBA/DS/Wii/3DS.

The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess all sold about 7 million despite vastly different install bases. Zelda II, Link to the Past, Majoras Mask, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword all sold near 4 million.

Then we also have to take into account demographics. According to this site, about 3/4 of all retail sales on PS4/XBO come from the shooter, sports & action genres. Can we really expect the online shooter/open world action/annual sports crowd to start buying things like Kirby, Mario Party, Pikmin, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing, Rhythm Heaven, Fossil Fighters, Paper Mario, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Yoshi, Captain Toad, etc?

I honestly dont see most Nintendo games having a big enough increase for it to be worthwhile. Ya some games like mainline Mario, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario Kart might do really well but is that worth it if most of their titles see little to no increase?