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Veknoid_Outcast on 30 October 2016
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pokoko said:
Nautilus said:

Really?So an awesome Mario game wouldnt pull people in(outside of Nintendo fans), an awesome HD Animal Crossing wouldnt do the same?An Fire Emblem?

After Pokemon GO, people became quite blind to the fact that Nintendo has more than Pokemon that sells hardware.....

Didn't the Wii U have an awesome Mario game?  Is Fire Emblem really going to increase sales to a meaningful degree?

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Why do folks insist on perpetuating the falsehood that Nintendo needs "AAA" Western third-party content to succeed? The last two Nintendo systems that catered to third parties and the so-called "hardcore" crowd are the two worst-selling (ignoring the Virtual Boy). Meanwhile, GBA, DS, Wii, and 3DS sold very well.

Who exactly is out there saying "hmm, I don't like Nintendo's games enough to buy its hardware, but I'm willing to invest if it gets all the third party games already available elsewhere"?

I get it. Third parties are important to YOU. They carry prestige. You can't imagine there are folks out there who just want a cheap console to play Super Mario and don't care at all about Dragon Age and The Witcher. Well, they're out there.

I don't think it needs "AAA" Western third-party content to succeed.  What are we talking about in this thread, though?  The OP didn't really make that clear.  If we're talking about hardware sales than I think it's absolutely valid to discuss the scope of that potential and, just as important, how much it can grow the consumer base. 

Because, let's be honest, Nintendo really, really needs to bring in consumers who are new to the brand.  It's not like Nintendo isn't aware of this or haven't said as much themselves, either.  Kimishima talked about increasing IP exposure at length.

We agree on that. Nintendo needs to draw in more than just Nintendo diehards like me.

But making concessions to Take Two and Activision and EA isn't the way to do that. Stealing customers from Sony and Microsoft is a losing strategy. Instead Nintendo should position itself as a secondary option for the "hardcore" and an impulse buy -- for lack of a better term -- for those lapsed or fair-weather consumers out there.