Kai_Mao said:
Barkley said:
Though Nintendo have the least reason of the big 3 to remain as an exclusive developer. They don't make a ton of money from third parties, they aren't making a ton of money from services. The vast majority of their profits come from the sale of their games unlike Sony/MS.
Out of the 246m software sold on the Switch over 130m of that is published by Nintendo. The point of having your own platform is Third Party revenue and Service revenue which Nintendo gets the least of the big three by an absolute landslide.
Nintendo's interest should lie in making as much money from their games as they can, and releasing to a wider audience may make them even more successful.
But yes Nintendo isn't going to release on other systems anytime soon, even though it makes more sense for them than it does for PlayStation or Xbox.
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I think Nintendo also wants control on how the platform is handled, which is more of a priority to them than services and AAA third party games. With their own consoles, they can do that. They can do things like Labo, Ring Fit, Brain Age, etc. if they are in control of the platform they have. They can create games unique to their platform (i.e., DS, 3DS, Wii, and Switch as examples). And I don't think high-end graphics are ever going to be part of their gaming development philosophy. Their main concern will always be about the gameplay experience.
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That is true, while games like Labo would of course be possible with accessories on other platforms they would be more expensive and less successful.
