I read an interesting article about why Nintendo shouldn't go third party. It's a Maelstrom one, and I think he raises a good point.

Here you go: http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/the-actual-reason-why-nintendo-will-never-go-third-party/

Oh I just read it too! Mummelman's post is also very informative.

The answer is simple: Nope .

Nintendo software would suffer because of it if they went third party, which is why Nintendo won't unless they have no other choice.

Never.

can someone link me the Nintendomination thread?

It seems to me that right now Nintendo isn't doing bad at all as a publisher. Here is the data about next-gen games sold so far by the major publishers:

Nintendo: 0m PS4 + 13.66m WiiU + 0m XOne = 13.66m

Activision: 1.74m PS4 + 1m WiiU + 1.35m XOne = 4.09m

Ubisoft: 1.27m PS4 + 1.98m WiiU +  0.68m XOne = 3.93m

Electronic Arts:  1.82m PS4 + 0.21m WiiU + 1.11m XOne = 3.14m

Microsoft: 0m PS4 + 0m WiiU +2.13m XOne = 2.13m

Sony: 1.7m PS4 + 0m WiiU + 0m XOne = 1.7m

Even with the very low sales of WiiU consoles, Nintendo has sold over 20% more next-gen games than Activision, Ubisoft, and Electronic Games combined.

No.

Tie ratio and legs are huge in nintendo plataforms, and there the acessories.
With 40M user base they may be able to profit the same that Sony does with 70M

yeah, they would sell shitloads on both platforms, of course they should keep on with the hand held market, but the consol market has been a struggle for a long time for them. Without the gimmick of the wii being the exception.

See how well 3rd party games sell on the Wii U? That's how well Mario would sell on the PS4 and XBO.

Exactly!

Nintendo knows it will earn more by staying like it is, unless it's forced to change it.

They would earn way less as a third party and they would lose sales due to competing game from other developers. Something that happens to a much lesser extent on their own platforms.

That was a good read, so thanks for posting.