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thismeintiel on 03 August 2016
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Soundwave said:
thismeintiel said:

Listening to all this Apple vs Android is pretty funny when you consider Android owns like 80%+ of the WW mobile OS market. So, yea, maybe an Apple console with Nintendo games MAY mean something here in the US (though, the Apple brand didn't exactly help the Pippin), but WW it would really mean spit. The PS has pretty much reclaimed its spot as the go to gaming HW after the slip up that was last gen. As long as Sony doesn't make any major slip ups, again, which I'm sure they have learned their lesson, it's going to be extremely hard to take that away from them.

Of course, Nintendo wouldn't let itself be bought by Apple. They would rather go 3rd party or mobile themselves than lose control of their IPs.

Apple is huge in Japan too. And pretty big in Europe too. 

Nintendo could always enter into a partnership with Apple or Google or about half dozen other companies rather than go 3rd party too. Being a 3rd party is nothing great, ask Sega. 

Nintendo could get a much more favorable and better deal than that, again I've said it before it's like thinking a Victoria Secret supermodel suddenly has to date the fat guy at the end of the bar just because she broke up with her athlete boyfriend. Nope. She's going to have plenty of better offers than grovelling like a regular divorcee would have to. 

Again, reread my last sentence.  "Of course, Nintendo wouldn't let itself be bought by Apple. They would rather go 3rd party or mobile themselves than lose control of their IPs."  Nintendo would have to be in some really hard times for them to not have full control of what they release and what they want to release it on. 

And 3rd party WOULD NOT be the same thing for Nintendo as it was for Sega.  Sega is in the position it is in because of poor decisions in finances and making poor games with Sonic slapped on them just for a quick buck.  Nintendo still has pride in their work.  They could release a full-fledged Mario game on PS4/XBO/Mobile on their terms and timetables and sell millions easily.