aTokenYeti said:
Nintendo’s business model doesn’t depend on robust 3rd party support, they sell hardware with large profit margins and focus on first party software that is somewhat less resource intensive and also suitable for larger audiences Sony sells hardware at a loss or break even, and pursues a first party strategy of extremely high budget productions that frequently dabble in graphic violence or other mature themes that make them ill suited for younger audiences. Sony needs the third party sales much more than Nintendo, which is why continued losses on that front would force Sony to have to reevaluate their console and software strategy. Even the threat of not having something like call of duty is much more impactful for Sony than it ever was for Nintendo |
Well that's not entirely true anymore
I think we can all agree that with the switch and even the 3ds, nintendo's 3rd party relations have gotten way better.
Can you imagine where they would be if the switch had the same 3rd party offerings as the wii and wii U?
Sure, they may not "depend" on 3rd parties as much as Sony, but I see a lot of people complain about droughts on the switch, which could suggest that people do want more games from 3rd parties on the system (persona 5).
And lets pretend for a moment that ninendo's next console is capable enough to run ps5/xsx games. People are going to want 3rd parties on the system. People say ninty don't rely on 3rd parties as much, but is that because they aren't getting as much, would that change if they were?
