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Lonely_Dolphin on 20 December 2016
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Soundwave said:
Einsam_Delphin said:

They can offer plenty of variety within what people buy their systems for, Nintendo games. Wasting money on third party games that will be bought and played elsewhere does them no favors, and they'd likely have to cover the whole cost of the game since it wouldn't exist on Nintendo otherwise.

A lot of the games Nintendo invests in for the sake of "diversity" don't sell anyway. Things like Bayonetta, Devil's Third, Ninja Gaiden: Razor's Edge, Pandora's Tower, LEGO City, Sing Party, etc. What's a few more bucks to have some actual well known brands like NFL, FIFA, NBA. These brands appeal to every demographic even to kids, and with the Switch being portable at least there is some reason to potentially choose these games on Switch. 

Sports games are also not the most visually intensive games either. So that genre I think Nintendo would be wise to put some investement into. 

Part of Nintendo's problem is modern Nintendo is notoriously biased against Western developers. They'll help out Japanese devs and collaborate with them, but very rarely will they even lift a finger for Western developers. In the N64 days they had no problem working with anyone, it's only after Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln left that Nintendo shifted into its Japanese shell. Maybe the Rabbids x Mario game is a sign they're finally willing to shift a bit on this, even though that's not a collaboration that's really going to move hardware. 

 

If it were really just a few more bucks third partys would already be putting their games on Nintendo systems by themselves, so I can't believe the cost is insignificant. The niche games Nintendo invest in can't be played anywhere else atleast, so I'd rather they stick to that instead of trying to get games I can already play on PS4.