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NX have good third party if it sell well?

Yes most third party 34 17.17%
 
Only JP third party 42 21.21%
 
Only indies 20 10.10%
 
Third party on Nintendo HAHAHA 68 34.34%
 
not sure 34 17.17%
 
Total:198

I hope it does



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I can see it happening if porting to it is simple enough.



Yes, it is unrealistic. Third parties don't trust Nintendo anymore. Pointing out some third party games managed to push over a million on the Wii doesn't mean much when you consider the install base of the system. It sold an absurd number of systems and only had an absurdly high attach rate for first party games. The Gamecube was just a casualty of the N64. There was some third party support, but it was notably lacking when compared to the PS2 that basically got everything.

Now look at the Wii U: third parties barely tried before the system was considered a flop and took the earliest out they could to not have to bother. They just don't care about Nintendo because they already reap massive profits across Playstation, Xbox, and PC. Similarly, it has hit the point where people who buy Nintendo consoles aren't doing it for third party support. The audience has been seriously trimmed down to those who buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games,, as plenty felt alienated by the Wii, and the casuals certainly didn't come back for the Wii U. Where Nintendo saw financial success with the Wii, they lost an audience, they lost yet another chance to actually earn third party respect and trust back, and now more than ever, third parties can port nothing to Nintendo and never care because it's easier to not bother for the minimal profits they would get.

Nintendo may secure some third party deals just because they have to get something going in between their games, especially in this day and age where development times can get so absurdly long with their team sizes and goals, but it won't be voluntary third party support unless there is a seriously strong showing of third party purchases on the NX by the consumers.



 

Not with Genyo Takeda's way of seeing things.



Long term, that depends on Nintendo.



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Most likely, NX won't get much of any 3rd party support. Nintendo doesn't do anything to foster a good relationship with 3rd party devs/pubs with deals. Also, nintendo doesn't pay for any ports.



If their console has a friendly hardware design, and Nintendo is willing to give publishers freedom. Why not?



Right now no.



                                                                                     

I certainly do not expect PS4-level third party support or even Xbox One level. Probably will be slightly more than the Wii U's first year and depending on how well the console sells, third party support will increase or decrease.



All depends on its accessibility to developers and customer install base. If it's powerful enough for modern games, intuitive enough to code for, Nintendo improves their developer outreach, and a reasonable number of people are buying the system, there's no reason third parties wouldn't make their games for it.