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curl-6 on 16 April 2017
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Slownenberg said:

Honestly, Nintendo as a third party developer would be the worst thing possible for video games. Nintendo has always led in innovation. Not saying Sega/Sony/MS haven't or don't innovate at all, but compared to Nintendo they don't do much. Sony/MS basically just make more powerful systems, or they add in stuff that's already been done by Nintendo (analog stick, rumble, motion controls, etc) or that is being done already by other companies (VR).

I'm at the point where I could care less how powerful a system is, hell I got to that point by pretty much the Gamecube and Xbox. With those systems I was like wow graphics don't really need to be any better than this. Sure I appreciate current day amazing cutting edge graphics, but video games don't need to be realistic looking to be good. The difference between the graphics of a Switch and a PS4 is kinda just like, "oh yeah ps4 looks better, cool, that's nice".

Anyways, if there is one of the big three that it wouldn't really hurt the industry if they disappeared it's Microsoft. MS and Sony are basically playing the same game: get the most powerful system out there. But besides the 360/ps3 when their sales were basically equal for that gen, Sony always destroys MS. MS systems are just a less popular version of Sony systems. It's redundant. Since the Wii Nintendo has done different and interesting stuff, not always successfully (Wii U), but with every system (Wii, Wii U, Switch, DS, less so with the 3DS which was more gimmicky upgrade to the DS) they try to come at the market with something new. And especially these days with diminishing returns on graphics, Nintendo's innovation and pursuit of giving gamers new experiences will be more important than ever.

If Nintendo were to ever go third party that would be a sign that the industry is not going to grow anymore because you'd be left with two companies giving you the exact same experience, only slightly improved from their last offering.

Yeah, I tend to agree, I don't know if I'd even remain a gamer if Nintendo went third party. An industry with nothing but boring iterative hardware doesn't sound like something I'd want to be part of.

I also feel like we've reached the point where even low end graphics are good enough. Wii U already looked fine to me, hell there are still Gamecube games that look good in my book. I couldn't care less about 4K or any of that jazz.