spemanig said: Doubt it. I'm really fearful of the extent of their 3rd party support at all. Nintendo does nothing to entice that audience to buy their platforms, and if there's no one to buy 3rd party games, third parties will not stay. Nintendo needs exclusive IP that caters to those audiences, especially in the west, and they've made absolutely no obvious moves that makes me think they get that. |
Yes, but that's a problem too. If they create new IPs to attract that audience, the most probable outcome is that only the Nintendo loyalist will get them. If they get deals with 3rd parties to make exclusive games for their system, most of the bigger publishers will refuse to do it because they fear low sales. And if they just talk to publishers to get regular 3rd parties, most people will just stay on their console, because it already has the games they need.
The most benefitial part of a Fusion system is that will double the 1st party software output. That will help to avoid droughts, but they'll need more help. Fortunately, the NX seems to be the only dedicated 9th gen handheld, so a lot of japanese studios that worked for the PSP/Vita might jump on board, and it will get a lot of ports cattering to the japanese audience.