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NX have good third party if it sell well?

Yes most third party 34 17.17%
 
Only JP third party 42 21.21%
 
Only indies 20 10.10%
 
Third party on Nintendo HAHAHA 68 34.34%
 
not sure 34 17.17%
 
Total:198

Only Japanese third-party games, but even that is only a maybe.



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Until we know exactly what the console entails and how good the dev tools are i think it's hard for anything to really predict. However, if they come out with an x86 console with really good tools and isn't weaker then the ps4 og i would except solid 3rd party support.  It would probably not get every 3rd party game but it would get lots of them which I think would be good enough for Nintendo fans.



Depends on what you consider for Good Third Party Support.
I am certain that NX will have much better 3rd party support than Wii U had (but reality is that cant have weaker) and that there is no way that will have support of same level like PS4/XB1, everything else is just clear guessing.



If Nintendo fans buy their games on the NX yes



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No. No point at all really. PS + XBox + PC has 3rd parties covered. No need to suck up to Nintendos BS anymore.



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

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Probably not at this point, maybe if it has a ton of success but right now ...

Maybe they had a shot before, but Sony/MS are flooding the market with Neo and Scorpio, and that means they will get first priority, and PS4/XB1 can't be ignored for several more years either, and PSVR/Occulus Rift is likely going to be the other thing third parties just have to support.

Then throw in STEAM/PC.

That's like 6 different platforms that likely most third party houses (at least all the Western ones) will prioritize over the NX.

To be honest at this point I don't even care. It is what it is, it's not the 80s/90s or even the early 2000s anymore, this is probably not Nintendo's role to play any more, times change, things change, hopefully at minimum the NX doesn't suck and bomb like the Wii U did and they can carve out a decent, profitable smaller audience for it.

I will enjoy it because it will have Nintendo games on it, whatever else it gets at this point I guess will be like a bonus. 



I don't expect western companies to support Nintendo ina good way, maybe a couple of late ports, and if we're lucky, the annual FIFAs and CoDs. Japanese support is the key, Nintendo needs their games.



You know it deserves the GOTY.

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Definitely, but it depends what it is.

Powerful system will get initial support from most Devs (EA/Ubi/Activision/Square Enix)if Nintendo is also pushing a strong line up which looks like it will grab a core gaming audience, Zelda is a good start. Whether this can be sustained and grow would be dependant on whether the games sell, NX third party games will need to be superior to PS4 in terms of performance and released on time. Nintendo personsl reward system could help with this aswell, free online is a bonus too. Online centric games with a legacy audience on other platforms will be weak sellers and there's no getting around this unless Nintendo manages cross platform play with PS4/PSN. New ones like Overwatch will fair better imo.

A unified platform is the safest way to get support because the handheld aspect of the system will push the user base fairly high, fairly quick. Japanese support would be A+, Western support will be strong but the nature of it will be effected the specs. If the home component is weaker than PS4/X1, I think multiplats support will be weaker and the games will sell less. Maybe developers will opt for budget games made exclusively for NX.

If Nintendo is pushing a new controller gimmick heavily, I think you can count most third parties out. If ir succeeds then expect them to be back with cheap exclusives.

Ultimately the NX is going to have to deal with the fact that 80m people are going to have a ps4/X1 come March 2017. Many of its users will likely own one of those 2 platforms so they need to give them a reason to buy 3rd Party games on NX, hell they need to give then a reason to buy NX in the first place.



Its optimistic, Ill give you that.



No. It'll get some crap early on from western devs and if the NX is a handheld + home console it'll get some japanese third party games because it'll be the only handheld in the market.