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

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MikeRox on 06 March 2013

Nintendo would become almost irrelevant if they didn't release their own hardware.

Look at Sega, their internal development studios lost most of their passion when Sega abandoned hardware.



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UncleScrooge on 06 March 2013

Hell no. The quality of the games would decrease because they wouldn't have to sell systems anymore. Also, Nintendo would get less talented developers (currently they are getting some of the best ones out there due to the company being so big) and one of Nintendo's biggest assets in game quality, the integration of hardware and software, would go to waste as well.



bananaking21 on 06 March 2013

no



curl-6 on 06 March 2013

No. Nintendo's hardware is creative and unique, and differentiates itself where Sony and Microsoft tend to be samey. Gaming would be a much less interesting place today if it wasn't for the Wii remote or the DS's dual screens. I'd be far less interested in the Wii U if it had a PS1-era dual analogue controller.

And competition is good.



Mr.Y on 06 March 2013
curl-6 said:

No. Nintendo's hardware is creative and unique, and differentiates itself where Sony and Microsoft tend to be samey. Gaming would be a much less interesting place today if it wasn't for the Wii remote or the DS's dual screens. I'd be far less interested in the Wii U if it had a PS1-era dual analogue controller.

And competition is good.


I agree with you, this argument might have made more sense during the GameCube era. But even then they were designing their hardware around their software.

Also: there wasn't really anything competing with the GBA.



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snyps on 06 March 2013
UltimateUnknown said:
snyps said:
i think somebody secretly dreams about owning a WiiU.

Given that I bought the 3DS pretty much JUST to play Pokemon and don't regret it....I'd probably say yes to some degree lol. Though I'd personally be able to sacrifice everything else in gaming for pokemon if I ever had to choose. So if Nintendo ever made a console and said pokemon is the only thing it'll play, I'd buy that thing in a heartbeat. That is the reason why I made this thread because I KNOW why many hardcore Nintendo fans buy Nintendo consoles just to play a franchise or two. Hence I was saying how nice it would be if we could play everything in one place. But I know it won't happen and a lot of what others have said about competition being a driving factor is actually something that I hadn't considered very strongly. It is quite important.

My intuition was correct for once!



Cobretti2 on 06 March 2013

I don't know if I should laugh or cry when people say stuff like

"better quality hardware"

What defines better quality? The most power a console can use? Or the reliability of the system? Time and time again Nintendo has proven they can build stable hardware, whilst it's competition requires replacements.

The only thing we can fault Nintendo on is not the fact they do unique stuff to their consoles but that they try to customise CPUs and GPUs way too much that people wonder what is on those chips lol. it would be easier instead to buy newer ones that are stock and tweak it only.



 

 

Roma on 06 March 2013

No it would be better for gamers if Nintendo stayed in the hardware business



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_crazy_man_ on 06 March 2013
GuerrillaGamesX2 said:
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!

So long as it helps Sony then you don't care. K.



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McDonaldsGuy on 06 March 2013

To be honest, after the Wii U, yes. Nintendo got away with releasing an underpowered console with the Wii because it was revolutionary, with the Wii U there is no excuse. I'd rather see Zelda or the next Mario on the PS4/720.