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pokoko on 01 November 2017
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Intrinsic said:
RolStoppable said:

AAA publishers could put all of their best games on Nintendo's platform and it still wouldn't have any effect on Nintendo's pricing, because Nintendo's games are of higher quality. Logically, it's the best games that will be able to maintain their price while the lesser games will be forced to cut their price in order to compete and sell copies. It's no coincidence that GTA V can command a high price tag much longer than other games on the PS4 and XB1. New games are released constantly, but they all fall prey to GTA V because they are of lower quality. The same pattern can be observed time and time again on Nintendo platforms where it doesn't matter how many third party games there are. Whether there are hundreds or thousands, Nintendo's games remain on the top.

Many people in this thread reject Occam's Razor because the simplest and most obvious conclusion would mean to concede that Nintendo makes a lot of high quality games.

Wow.....

I'm literally in shock. Like how can you type all that and actually mean it?

Ignoring the evangelical spin, the bolded part is partially right, though in a circumstantial way.  

Assuming that PC, Xbox, and Playstation still exist and are doing well, that's where most of the people who heavy supporters of third-party software are going to go.  In that case, most of the people buying Nintendo hardware would still being doing so mainly because of Nintendo software.  Even if that Nintendo hardware got full third party support, the top level Nintendo games would continue to be the draw.  However, mid and lower level Nintendo software would be cut off at the knees and there is a good chance of a pricing change in that range to offset the loss of a longer tail.  

The negative part of that for Nintendo would be that, over time, there would be a dilution of brand loyalty as people discover more options.  I think a fragmenting fanbase would have a substantial impact on the whole "Nintendo fans will buy anything we make" security blanket.

In short, a Nintendo with full third party support would see a gradual change rather than an abrupt change.

Last edited by pokoko - on 01 November 2017