Honest question here, why do people think that If Nintendo fails in the console market, They are going to be a  third party developer to put their games on xbox and playstation? like, what's the real reason behind that thought? Nintendo is an entertainment company "We’ve always been an entertainment company, going all the way back to the hanafuda cards and our key equities. We’re an entertainment company." Reggie-

They have more options than developing games for ms or sony. They could even leave the gaming market to do something else. Like I said, let's say that Nintendo fails with the switch and their next console, why people think that Nintendo is going to close their R&D departments, open new studios, and develop games for playstation, xbox and pc.

My opinion about that thought: I think it's too simplistic and what people expect, just because Sega did the same more than ten years ago. There's where I say Sega does what Nintendon't. If Nintendo fails in the console market we are going to see something else, even if they are going to be part of the video games industry, it's not going to be as simple as let's be developers for sony and ms.

now your opinion or reasons, not wishes.

Let me ask you a question onionberry.

If Nintendo continues to make Switch branded portables (that do have a TV output, but a portable form factor with LCD screen/battery/the works), but choose to put a few games on the PS4/XB1 in exchange for games from Sony/MS on Switch and money-hats ....

Is that third party?

They're still making the same hardware they would have otherwise.

Third party full on is not smart for Nintendo. But a partnership with Sony and/or MS? I think that could be workable and beneficial. 

If Mario and Pokemon can be on iOS/Android, why not XBox or PS *if* the terms are highly favorable to Nintendo. iOS/Android are as much competition to Switch as PS4/XB1 are, maybe more.

My opinion is they will be a mobile only developer. If they leave the console space, they will leave it entirely. They won't develop for Sony or MS. This way they still maintain their independence, but don't have to worry about hardware development. And I sincerely doubt they will support the ones who repeatedly ripped off their ideas and concepts. They would develop for MS before they do Sony. Instead they will make a line of controllers that work with apple products and they will be all set.

Well what other IPs do they have that's more valued than beyond gaming then ?

Nintendo being an entertainment company means they might also continue in the gaming industry. In my opinion, they should, because Nintendo's IPs are worth a lot and it's probably quite easy to make a lot of money with them even without too much effort. It's all the better if you put effort of course.

Go into another field with all their gaming assets?
...why?

That would be stupid. 

They'd be leaving a ton of money on the table. 

Hell, imagine the money-hat MS would offer Nintendo on a yearly basis alone, I bet it would be massive. No reason at all to turn that down. 

They can maintain their indepedence no matter what, does Apple/Google "force" Nintendo to do anything? Sony/MS wouldn't be able to either, if anything Sony/MS would jump through whatever hoops Nintendo wanted them to in order to get their support (Microsoft in particular, Nintendo could tell Spencer to run naked down Redmond if they want support and he'd probably do it, lol). 

Mobile is also problematic because last I checked, $60 games don't exactly work on mobile, a lot of their franchises would go extinct if forced only into the confines of how mobile players play (free to play, simple play mechanics). 

mario  on ios exists because that's not a real mario experience, Nintendo wants brand awareness and money, said by them. Brand awarenes to promote their brand, why they want to promote their brand, because they have a real mario experience on their own hardware. Why would they have their own hardware if mario galaxy 3 is going to be a playstation game too?

mario and pokemon are more famous than mickey mouse, or at least at the same level.

The answer is pretty fucking obvious. Nintendo has failed too many times and if they leave the VideoGame market the only other thing they could do is Movies.