"Nintendo makes consoles only for Nintendo games" Myth or fact?

[spurgeonryan]

I think it is kind of a fact actually. They would not be making Hardware any more has it not been for their own games. Think of the SNES/Genesis era. Was a true war. They did not continue on by putting out a less bloodier version of Mortal Kombat. Donkey Kong Country, Mario games, and on and on.

N64, sure they had a few big third parties due to mostly RARE, which they had a partnership with, but not much.

There are some exceptions to the rule, systems that are just popular with the general public such as the Wii, NES and Switch, but it almost always has to do with the games by Nintendo. Even the Wii's largest initial selling point was Wii Sports. Again, a Nintendo game though. Motion control in general was nothing spectacular, but it helped interest many people.

Ever since the SNES days, third party games have almost always been second to Nintendo, be it the aforementioned Mortal Kombat being less bloody or all the watered down ports of third party games due to system strength. It is Nintendo games first and that is why they make hardware. Third party games are just there to attract people who may not buy a system for a few games, or filler. Best of both worlds.