Should Nintendo bolster their Western Development Empire?

[Jumpin]

CaptainExplosion said:

Dulfite said:

At this point, based on ME Andromeda and Anthem, I don't think I'd even want them to make Kotor 3. I'd rather someone else just make a Canon remake of the original and start from there.

But Disney won't allow that to happen because Bob Iger is too stupid to take the Star Wars game rights from EA.

Jumpin said:
Not only that, but we get the RARE catalogue back in Smash too, and perhaps a nice Diddy Kong Racing expansion for Mario Kart.
I think having Nintendo games on Xbox would only be healthy for Nintendo; IMO, properties like Metroid will inevitably see a much larger audience among Microsoft fans as the game fits that Xbox niche better than a Nintendo console - while this may seem like a surrender for Nintendo, it will allow the Xbox base to warm a lot more to Nintendo hardware; and then there are companies like Bethesda who would probably find ways to benefit from such a relationship.

Wouldn't it be better if Nintendo and Microsoft made hardware together instead of just putting Microsoft-owned games on Nintendo hardware? Metroid Prime wouldn't need to be on Xbox, they've got Halo.

If it were only so easy. But Nintendo and Microsoft platforms are a huge part of each's income, so one company giving up their hardware, or both companies forming a third party to be in charge of the hardware means a tremendous loss of income and power.

The only way I could see it happening is if Microsoft buys Nintendo.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 20 July 2019