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bigtakilla on 22 July 2016
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padib said:
bigtakilla said:

The only problem essentially with that is you really can't get people on board with third party if there are other systems they are already coming out on. Even if the NX were more powerful, they would need a reason to upgrade, which is why it is so imperative for a strong 1st party line up to launch. Then getting people to want third party games, as well as the first party games comes off a lot easier. 

You know that 3rd parties like to jump onboard a platform that was able to prove itself popular, especially when it comes to Nintendo - it seems like 3rd parties like to play a wait and see approach with them. With Sony or MS home consoles, they are even willing to push those markets for Sony and to a lesser extent Microsoft.

Nintendo can't give them right now reasons to behave that way. Nintendo needs to offer popular systems thanks to their strong internal library, and also thanks to being competitive. Sure, people won't buy the multiplats anyways for two reasons: 1) they prefer to play them on their prefered consoles, 2) the games will be stripped of features on Nintendo's platforms, at least at the start.

But what we're forgetting is that it's not just about short-term business. If Nintendo can prove consistent towards 3rd parties that they will never handicap them on graphical terms, and also improve their relations with 3rd parties such as EA and Ubi by playing by Sony and MS' rules for a bit, then they may be able to break the stigma. Especially thank God they have the ability to support consoles all on their own!!!! So they are able to reverse the tides.

Sony or MS would never be able to pull it off, because their existence in the market depends on 3rd parties. If they were in Nintendo's position, they would have had no choice but to bow out years ago.

RolStoppable said:

You aren't making sense. All that's left of your argument is "it wasn't true in the past, but maybe the next time things will be different; therefore powerful hardware is equally important to a strong first party lineup." Your reasoning isn't based on anything that has happened in the past, it's all just a wild guess that has no substance behind it.

Think what you will brother.

Let me tell you something, it worked for Sony and MS.

But that short term business of a strong 1st party lineup leads to your long term business strategy.