Why would devs back another underpowered Nintendo console?

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Einsam_Delphin said:

KLAMarine said:
They'll do it if it can make them money. I don't think they care too much about power.

 

Agreed, this must be why they still give Nintendo consoles a chance, to test the waters incase Nintendo somehow gets the audience that buys third party games.

 

Soundwave said:

Well that's kind of the responsibility of being a hardware manufacturer, there is some expected diversity in the library that people want. 

I think even just sports games, have EA make one engine for Madden/FIFA on Switch and update it yearly ... wouldn't be bad. Let them have a bonus Mario mode with more cartoony characters as well. 

 

Of course they should strive to have a diverse library (which doesn't mean you have to have every single type of game), and they can do that without potentially wasting money.

Any game is always good, but to avoid disappointment I would not expect any western third party, not even the yearly sports games. 

I think they need to put their foot down on the yearly sports games. Sports, whether people like them or not, are a global staple even for kids. When EA initially declined to support the N64 because of cartridges Howard Lincoln flew to their HQ and after a meeting, they had agreed to supply the N64 with sports games (and eventually made other types of games too like 007: The World Is Not Enough and Beetle Adventure Racing which is great). 

Sadly, current Nintendo doesn't have this type of leadership.