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Stefan.De.Machtige said:

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I think Nintendo's best bet is just to lock up a deal for sports games.

For EA, get Madden NFL, FIFA, PGA Golf, and NHL guaranteed for 5 years. Ditto with Take2 and NBA2K.

Offer to pay half the development cost, and program in a "Mario Sports" mode in each game as a bonus arcadey mode (so you have "Mario Soccer" if you get FIFA).

And that's about it. I don't think they're really going to get the big, huge PS4/XB1 adventure-action games. It's going to be too much of a pain in the ass to port.

Just have the sports games, those should be technically doable without too much fuss and it offers some depth to your library beyond just Mario & Friends games.

Getting the games is just one thing. They have to go further and push big bundles with them. If Nintendo cannot prove after one year that there is a potential market there for EA, then it will be in vain.

That's why you sign a 5 year deal just for the sports games though. EA obviuosly is not gonna it for all their games. 

But sports games, why not, hate to say it, but you could just make a Switch engine once for each sports title and then just moderately change it a bit every year and update the rosters. 

And I'm saying Nintendo picks up 1/2 the cost. Just to ensure at least they have (real) sports sims, I think that would be worth it. 

The other types of big Western third party games .... not looking good. But FIFA/Madden/NBA at least they should be able to manage.