superchunk said:
No, I recognize there is a chance that 3rd parties will still see Nintendo hardware as too much of a risk to warrant support. However, I also think that businesses want to make money and when the barrier to entry is low, then it is worth it. NS won't need to sell the same number of copies of COD16 as XBO/PS4, Wii didn't. It just needs to sell enough to remain profitable. NS needs 1) strong launch #1 should be satisfied by the low price, solid 1st year of just 1st party alone. Get 10MM out door (or close to it) in 2017 and 3rd parties will see opportunity. #2 is already satisfied in that all major middleware providers have stated there is support. That is why the just released version of Skyrim was in the trailer. Either way, I do own an XBO, so my low bar is just getting 1st party, but my expectation is still to get nearly everything. |
"All major releases" seems a tad over-optimistic. Even Gamecube, which was stronger than PS2, missed out on a lot of PS2/Xbox multiplats. Wii U missed out on plenty on PS3/360 multiplats despite being fully capable of running them. N64 was stronger than PS1/Saturn yet still missed out on plenty of games.
