Can we agree Nintendo should go third party, now?

[zorg1000]

ArchangelMadzz said:

zorg1000 said:

i still think "by now" is necessary for that comment but i dont want to argue over grammar so ill just admit to not understanding what you meant.

as for bigger install base automatically equaling bigger sales, thats not how it works. i have given many examples earlier in this thread of franchises that sold a consistent amount regardless of install base.

obviously when a game is stuck on a device with an extremely low install base like Wii U or Vita than it limits a games potential but there really isnt any reaaon to assume Switch will do as poorly as them.

A bigger install base does matter. It's not 1 for 1 as that all means varied taste. 

 

But to increase the install base by 1000% would increase sales massively. Obviously not by 1000%. But let's look at Mario Kart 8. It sold 7.35million a massive number for Wii I system. I guarantee with PS4 XB1 and Steam it would've done at the extreme least 20 million. 

 

And keeping their handheld business that prints money would also be great for them. 

Ok well since you brought up Mario Kart, explain how Mario Kart Wii outsold Mario Kart DS by over 10 million while having an install that was over 50 million lower?

How did Double Dash outsell Super Cuircut on nearly 1/4 the install base? How did Mario Kart 8 sell almost as much as Super MK on 1/4 the install base?

Like I said, bigger install base does not necessarily mean bigger sales.

as for keeping handhelds but going 3rd party on consoles, that would only hurt their handheld business.