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Would Nintendo survive if they went third-party?

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Ruler on 28 March 2016
zorg1000 said:
Ruler said:

They buy it for the next zelda and are stuck with a 300$ console waiting for it to come out so they end up buying other nintendo games in the meantime. Thats how it always worked, and it worked pretty well for nintendo.

 

 

You lost your argument when you dismissed arcades 

1996

$44 billion (worldwide)

$26 billion (worldwide arcade market)[118]

$18 billion (worldwide retail market)[119]

$64.39 billion (worldwide)
1995

$29.32 billion (worldwide)

$15 billion (worldwide retail) [28]

$9.52 billion (Japan arcade)[120]

$4.8 billion (US arcade)[104]

 $44.17 billion (worldwide)
1994

$29.3 billion (worldwide)

$20.8 billion (worldwide retail sales)[121]

$8.5 billion (US arcade & rentals)[104]

 $45.4 billion (worldwide)

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Arcades have nothing to do with the discussion, hence they are irrelevent, having popular arcade games does not translate to having popular console games.

Atari, Sega, SNK, etc never had games come close to the popularity of Nintendo games back when they made hardware.

Ur first paragraph is proven wrong by the fact that Zelda isnt even the most popular Nintendo franchise so it makes no sense to say people buy Nintendo hardware specifically for that game and just happen to buy other Nintendo games. Also who is dumb enough to buy a $300 console for one specific game that isnt even out?

Arcades were more releavant than home consoles and made more money than the current industry for a long time look at the numbers in the link and imagine how much it is if you consider inflation. SNK, Sega and Atari made more than Nintendo with arcades during their prime, period. 



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zorg1000 on 28 March 2016
Ruler said:
zorg1000 said:

Arcades have nothing to do with the discussion, hence they are irrelevent, having popular arcade games does not translate to having popular console games.

Atari, Sega, SNK, etc never had games come close to the popularity of Nintendo games back when they made hardware.

Ur first paragraph is proven wrong by the fact that Zelda isnt even the most popular Nintendo franchise so it makes no sense to say people buy Nintendo hardware specifically for that game and just happen to buy other Nintendo games. Also who is dumb enough to buy a $300 console for one specific game that isnt even out?

Arcades were more releavant than home consoles and made more money than the current industry for a long time look at the numbers in the link and imagine how much it is if you consider inflation. SNK, Sega and Atari made more than Nintendo with arcades during their prime, period. 

All of that is irrelevant, how do you not understand that? The beginning of this conversation was that those companies were not successful in their transition from hardware manufacturers to 3rd party developers and Nintendo might be more successful because they have more popular IP. The entire discussion is about games on consoles so talking about their success in arcades is absolutely useless to the discussion.

Atari, SNK, Sega never had close to the software sales as Nintendo when it comes to console games.



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LurkerJ on 29 March 2016

Yes, they will. I could argue that Nintendo sucks at making hardware, most of the time. Their incredibly polished software has been their main strength. I hope they get the NX right.

If they do go third party, I hope they release their games on PC first. Otherwise, my hand will be twisted further and I would have to invest in a console that I don't want.



DanneSandin on 29 March 2016

If they continue performing as they have this past generation, I think they might do better as 3rd party - but ONLY if they keep the handheld line up. If they ditch the handhelds and go pure 3rd party I think it'll be down hill from there. But if they make another Wii U I think it makes perfect sense to go 3rd party on home consoles, economically anyways.



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reggin_bolas on 30 March 2016
Pavolink said:
Not only will survive, it will spread fear among a big chunk of thrid parties as it will eat a great part of the market. But that's not the concerning point.

Nintendo currently is "lazy" and disorganized. They are not doing their best effort having a hard time with hardware. Imagine how bad will this situation will turn if they don't have to care in selling hardware anymore.

We'll see a lot less games and with less effort...

People don't buy bad games. They would have to make sure the quality is still high or become the next Sega. Either outcome is fine with me as long as they stop producing hardware I don't really want.