But Microsoft has Rare! Maybe they could let Nintendo develop Banjo or something like that!

Perhaps people who don't want to see a company that's been in the home console business for 30+ years go the way of Sega, that's who. Believe it or not, there are people out there who actually do like Nintendo systems and prefer Nintendo to keep on making their own.



@Anfebjous

I honestly don't know. I've been rather fed up with the overall state of the games industry for many years, certainly this last gen really did it to me. Part of the reason I liked the Wii, even though I also own a PS3, is the fact that it had so many games that were still more focused on gameplay and the gaming experience, and not trying so hard to be big budget "playable movies". One of the reasons I like Nintendo as a company, is that they still maintain a sense of "old school" game design philosophy that I value. Look no further than Super Mario 3D World. I'm the kind of gamer that prefers 2D gaming to 3D, and sprites to polygons, anyway. But if I'm going to play 3D games, those are the kind of 3D games that I want to be playing. That doesn't mean I haven't had fun with big "open world" romps like Skyrim (even with all it's goddamn bugs), or certain more linear, story driven games. But by and large I don't prefer them. I love a game to have a good story to tell, but not at the expense of gameplay that's actually fun to be playing.

If that even did happen, which it won't, it wouldn't be on PS4 most likely anyways. They're not going to abandon ship after one year. They likely wouldn't after 2-3 years. But to answer your question, "Would I play Nintendo games on a Sony console", if that WERE to happen? I don't know. There's always the chance. But if Nintendo dropped out of the console business, I might just give up on mainstream gaming altogether, and just stick with smaller indie titles, get a "Steambox" or something along those lines (NOT Ouya, I've tried it, it's garbage).

One thing that a lot of champions of "Nintendo going third party" seem to ignore, is that if that were ever to happen, ALL Nintendo would likely produce from that point forward, would be Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Smash Bros, MAYBE something like Metroid, the odd "Wii ____" type of "casual" fare. But that would likely be it. No more Mario & Luigi, no more Punch Out, no more Fire Emblem, or Paper Mario, no more Excite ____ or any chance of Star Fox, or Wave Race, or F-Zero, perhaps not even any more HAL Kirby games. Certainly very likely no more new franchises, or oddball entries like FlingSmash or EctoPlankton or Elite Beat Agents or Rhythm Heaven or Xenoblade. And that, to me, would be a pretty damn bleak picture.....