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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Would it be better for the GAMERS if Nintendo became software only?

 

Would it be better for the customers if Nintendo became a 3rd party?

Yes, then I wouldn't hav... 167 33.67%
 
No, because we need more ... 289 58.27%
 
Yo Mama 40 8.06%
 
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NintendoPie on 06 March 2013

I wasn't going to make a hate-filled reply, all I was going to say was this:



If we go with this type of logic then we might as well say the whole gaming industry would be better off if MS, Sony, and Nintendo all just got along and made one console with every single game on it. Which wouldn't work. (Not trying to say your idea is bad... it's just not such a great one. It just wouldn't work, nor make sense.)



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Cleary397 on 06 March 2013

Nintendo hardware is designed with their games in mind. Games on other platforms are designed with the hardware in mind.
Its a totally different method of creation, and Nintendo need not change.



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zippy on 06 March 2013

Nintendo games are very addictive and you could spend hours on end playing them. Imagine how many Xbox 360s you would get through ;)



Pavolink on 06 March 2013

Not exactly. I doubt they will have the same "freedom" in another company's hardware than their own one, which will affect the quality of the software.



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dsgrue3 on 06 March 2013

Monopolies are bad. Competition is good, so no. But it would be more convenient and cheaper.



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Otakumegane on 06 March 2013

I'd say......no.

1. Some of Nintendo hardware is designed specifically for their 1st party titles. No Nintendo hardware means no brilliantly mindblowing Nintendo games.

2.I'm sure that the people that actually want to play Nintendo games are already on the Nintendo fanbase. Unless they buy another console thinking that they could get Nintendo games on it. (My little cousins, so sad.)



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GuerrillaGamesX2 on 06 March 2013

Yes Yes Yes... and another YES.

Just go SOFTWARE ONLY. Maybe let Sony acquire you or something. I would actually be WILLING to buy your games, as long as they were on a Playstation console. You get playstation quality hardware and nintendo quality first party titles.

I'm not wasting money on a console just to play 2 or 3 mario games. Not going to happen. Thanks nintendo!



snyps on 06 March 2013

i think somebody secretly dreams about owning a WiiU.



Gamerace on 06 March 2013

If WiiU currently was indicative of all Nintendo's consoles I would agree with this.
However, if that had been the case there would have been no Wii and millions of people (like myself) would never have ever bought a game console or been brought into the industry. MS/Sony wouldn't have needed to respond to Wii's success or ever thought outside of the very narrow and limiting 'core' base.

Wii/DS almost certainly also paved the way for smartphones functionality (tilt control/touch screen) that has become the biggest thing to ever happen to gaming. Never have so many people, played so many games, across so many devices.


No. I want Nintendo to keep doing their own unique thing. They are leaders and not followers and we need more leaders (even when they occasionally get lost).



 

Chrizum on 06 March 2013
Captain_Tom said:
NotSalnax said:
The problem is, a lot of Nintendo games are designed with specific kinds of hardware in mind. The most notable example is stuff like Super Mario 64, which would have been virtually unplayable on a Saturn or original PlayStation controller. So if Nintendo went software only, we'd see a decline in the creativity and quality of Nintendo products.

Would it be worth getting Nintendo on your third party friendly platform if it meant sacrificing what makes Nintendo games capable of moving hardware single-handedly?


LOL How?  They added dual analogs very quickly, and I have played that game using the directionals on an xperia play with no problems whatsoever.  

 

IMO, Nintendo controlers have always been a complete mess with the exception of the Wii, Wii U considering those ones are debatable. 

That's why he said original controller. Super Mario 64 was designed for the analog stick, the Playstation wasn't.