Nintendo "needs" to do things is becoming like Blackberry "needs" to do things to combat iOS and Android.
At a certain point you've missed the damn bus, for Nintendo when it comes to the audience that plays the big third party multiplat IP, they missed that bus a while ago.
That's just the truth I think. Some people want to believe it's 2001 forever and things always reset and Nintendo has unlimited chances ... no ... they have damaged their brand standing to the point with that audience where only a monumental series of screw ups by Sony and MS from here on would give them even a *chance* (not a guarantee) of attracting that type of audience.
To be honest, Nintendo has never really been great at getting the "I like violent action games and sports games" crowd (which is basically what the "third party market" is that people fawn over). Even during the SNES/Genesis days, Sega made way too much inroads, way too easily, and that was a company that had a tiny fraction of the resources that Nintendo had. Then obviously Sony/MS basically took that entire market away from Nintendo, which isn't stunning seeing as how they have infinitely greater resources than Sega ever did.
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