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Nintendo going 3rd party would be...

The end of all! 163 44.66%
 
A wash compared to where they are at now 71 19.45%
 
A smarter business move financially speaking 45 12.33%
 
The happiest day of Sony ... 86 23.56%
 
Total:365
Faust on 07 January 2014
CheepBiscuit said:
I think the people that want to play Nintendo games will buy their consoles.

I don't think Sony or Microsoft Fans are interested in Smash Bros or Mario Kart. because you know, not rated M, no blood, not a shooter or a 3rd person action game, etc...


But of course, there is no way for other consoles to have any kind of diversity...



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the_dengle on 07 January 2014

They do publish third-party games though.




Oh, you mean.... no, no they would not.



Seece on 07 January 2014

Nah, they would need to sell twice the amount of software, on platforms that have 3 fold the competition.



 

Purple on 07 January 2014

It's impossible to say for sure but shareholders clearly think they would.



KBG29 on 07 January 2014

I think the Wii proved that if Nintendo has a big enough platform their game sales will scale accordingly. So, if they opened their games up to the entire 250M large user base of the console world, and the Billion plus mobile market, they could rake in massive amounts of cash. Well beyond anything they have ever done in the past.



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Purple on 07 January 2014
Seece said:
Nah, they would need to sell twice the amount of software, on platforms that have 3 fold the competition.


Ahh this old myth. Care to explain why you think this would be the case?



Seece on 07 January 2014
Purple said:
Seece said:
Nah, they would need to sell twice the amount of software, on platforms that have 3 fold the competition.


Ahh this old myth. Care to explain why you think this would be the case?

Which part?



 

Purple on 07 January 2014
Seece said:
Purple said:
Seece said:
Nah, they would need to sell twice the amount of software, on platforms that have 3 fold the competition.


Ahh this old myth. Care to explain why you think this would be the case?

Which part?

Why they'd need to increase their software sales.



Seece on 07 January 2014
Purple said:
Seece said:
Purple said:
Seece said:
Nah, they would need to sell twice the amount of software, on platforms that have 3 fold the competition.


Ahh this old myth. Care to explain why you think this would be the case?

Which part?

Why they'd need to increase their software sales.

Because they would need to give a portion of their profits to Microsoft and Sony?

From my understanding, First party games net you 60% total sale, third party net 30%.



 

anonymunchy on 07 January 2014
KBG29 said:
I think the Wii proved that if Nintendo has a big enough platform their game sales will scale accordingly. So, if they opened their games up to the entire 250M large user base of the console world, and the Billion plus mobile market, they could rake in massive amounts of cash. Well beyond anything they have ever done in the past.

JoeTheBro said:
Every time a game sells on the Wii U or 3DS, Nintendo makes money. I can't divulge the specific amount, but it's a considerable fee. If Nintendo went third party they'd lose that huge source of income. All of their games would have to sell much much better to offset the loss of these fees.

On top of that, Nintendo also makes money on the hardware. The returns can be good on the systems in later years but they make a killing on accessories. The wii remote does not cost even close to $40 to make.

 

 

 

 

I was going to write my own reply but JoeTheBro already covers everything I wanted to say so here's his post again.