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FloatingWaffles on 21 October 2016
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RolStoppable said:
FloatingWaffles said:

If a third party says they don't want to make any games for Nintendo, then Nintendo shouldn't have the mindset of "Oh fuck those people then, they aren't even important to us, we don't need them" and start burning bridges or anything, they are not in a position to be doing that when they have already had troubled relationships with third parties for years now, they should work to reach an agreement or an understanding with those developers to change that.

I'm not saying Nintendo should give in to third party demands or anything, it's Nintendo's system they can do whatever the fuck they want, but if they want to keep third party support they should at least attempt to reach an agreement. Of course they need to please potential customers as well, but part of that is making sure that they will actually keep consistent third party support with this next console so that those customers that wanna buy a Nintendo console but usually wouldn't because it misses a majority of third party games, can finally have no excuse not to anymore.

Unless you're one of those people that buys a Nintendo console not expecting a lot of third party support and mainly just to get Nintendo games, since I know a lot of people do that, then it wouldn't matter to your purchasing decision anyway. There's never any harm in offering more games on your system, which also adds in to the whole "pleasing potential customers" thing. 

There is harm in attempting to offer more games on your system. The most obvious case is that a lot of Western third parties want a dumbed down PC as a console, but consumers don't want a Nintendo console that is a dumbed down PC. Losing consumers is more detrimental to Nintendo's business than missing out on certain third party games.

This whole thing seems pretty pointless since what you're saying can be answered with one thing: The Nintendo Switch is not a "dumbed down PC". Just because a developer maybe wanted that doesn't mean Nintendo can snap their fingers and magically change it to that for them. That developer has to deal with it.

So if a developer was hoping that Nintendo's next system would be more like a PS4 or Xbox One, and might not want to support it because of that, its up to Nintendo to work with that developer to come to an agreement and show why the Switch is still worth supporting, not to have a mindset of "Oh, you didn't like it? Well we didn't need you anyway" or some shit like that. At that point they would just be burning bridges since, as I said already, they already have had troubled relationships with third party developers for years now. 

Nintendo isn't going to lose consumers by trying to offer more games on their system. I have no idea how you're jumping to that conclusion or think that offering more games on your system can ever be harmful, but you're entitled to think whatever you want. 

Also I feel like you should speak for yourself in saying that consumers don't want a Nintendo console that is a dumbed down PC, because i've seen a lot of people that were very vocal in wanting Nintendo to just make a regular console and not have any gimmicks or anything special and just wanted it to be a box and controller. I personally don't agree with that because I feel like Nintendo's constant innovation in every generation is what the industry needs and what sets them apart and makes them unique from everyone else.