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

[TheMisterManGuy]

Chrkeller said:

TheMisterManGuy said:

That's my point. What Nintendo was designing for their system didn't always align with what third parties wanted. Several of Nintendo's consoles like the N64, GCN, and Wii were designed with a very specific vision with Nintendo hoping third parties will embrace it as well, with mixed results. Whereas when Nintendo designs something a bit more standardized such as the DS, 3DS, GBA or Switch, developers are more eager to support it.

I fully agree.  Nintendo doesn't cater, historically, to third party like Sony did.  Their consoles were very much focused on first party games.

Obviously, Nintendo consoles are very much driven by first part games. But I never really bought the line that "Nintendo actively hates third parties because grr!!!", they may have had a pretty hostile attitude towards them in the Yamauchi days, but definitely not in the Iwata and beyond years. With GameCube, Wii, and Wii U, we did see genuine efforts by Nintendo to attract other developers to their home consoles. Even if it didn't always pan out the way they wanted, you can't say they didn't try to make their stuff look appealing.