Your reaction if Nintendo went third party?

[Dragonbums]

Honestly, aside from very few games here and there I would throw in the towel to gaming.

All the other franchises I would've been interested in that wasn't Skyrim like Ratchet and Clank are dead as hell in the fucking water because they wanted to "grow up" and be more "mature"

Especially with the way today's industry is going there is literally nothing for me to go to if Nintendo sinks.

I wouldn't piss and rage on the internet, but I'd just say "Good knowing you, you brought me some great memories" and treasure the last Nintendo games I have and get on with my life.


Then I will watch with internal smugness as Sony and Microsoft try to ape the Nintendo magic and more than likely fail at it.

 

[Brian Tams]

Let's get something straight, guys; Nintendo would never go third party.

1). They have stated on multiple occasions that they would rather take their ball (their original IP) and go home instead of sharing with the other console maker.
2). They have an extremely successful handheld system that has proven on multiple occasions that it is fully capable of 3D (that's three dimensional models, mind you, not the gimmick shit) gaming that games like Kingdom Hearts 3D have fully shown off and looked extremely good.

So, if Nintendo drops out of console gaming, they would have no reason to go third party, and instead would opt to release Marion, Zelda, Metroid, etc. on the 3DS. Also note that developing for a handheld is way cheaper than developing for a console, and as such is much more profitable.

Seriously, let's drop this idiotic notion of Mario and Link appearing on a PS4 or XB1. Nintendo has options other than third party.

 

[InsanityRequiem]

Snip.

I'm not getting a Xbox One, I'm not getting a Playstation 4. The last console game I bought was GTAV, and I'm not going to "upgrade" it when the PC/new generation versions come out. The last EA game bought was over two years ago, last Activision-Blizzard game was more than three years ago. Heck, the last time I bought anything from the major AAA publishers was more than a year at least (excluding GTAV as I said earlier). Indie and small time games don't interest me anymore, and I'm tired of the stuff that has been released on the desktop via Steam. Who is also enacting business policies that are pushing me away from the PC gaming space. So to be honest, I'm not like most "gamers" who see something they like and buy it.

And here's the thing, you're dismissing what I'm saying because the examples are "niche" games. But that doesn't matter if you just cherry pick what to talk about. It is a perfect example of why spreading to third party will not be helpful to Nintendo. A game is made with the expectation that a certain number of people will buy said game, because said gamers voiced loudly (with proof of the numbers) wanted to buy that game. And what happens when that game woefully undersells? Say? 300,000 said and signed that they'll buy the release of game X. In the main months(first six months after a game's released), said game sells only 100,000? That company will now be forced to sell even more of a different game to cover the costs. That's the same for even bigger games. You said 4 million people will buy Nintendo if they go third party, I see no evidence to support those figures.

If people wanted to play Nintendo games, they would have gotten their consoles. I got the Wii U because of Nintendo games, not because of third party games. If Nintendo went third party, I would not waste money on buying the Sony/Microsoft console. Their first party games do not interest me, their business practices push me away, and third party publishing does not sell hardware no matter what anyone says. If third party development sold hardware, we would have no consoles and only desktop PC gaming.

 

[Something Amyss]

You don't have to invent something to be innovative. Nintendo just perfected those things.

They didn't perfect online, no matter how early they experimented.

However, your point swings both ways: by your own logic, the guy's point is completely moot. Microsoft and Sony have both revolutionised elements of gaming, and that includes the controller. They have developed what is effectively the optimum form, the one everyone aspires to. Including, I might add, Nintendo.

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

 

[Something Amyss]

So, Nintendo making the handheld market is novelty disguised as innovation? Do you even know what you're talking about?

You developed one contrary example and you think it disproves the point?

Come now. You've got one idea as old as me, and it suddenly vindicates Nintendo as the great innovator?

 

[VG_Addict]

So, Nintendo making the handheld market is novelty disguised as innovation? Do you even know what you're talking about?

You developed one contrary example and you think it disproves the point?

Come now. You've got one idea as old as me, and it suddenly vindicates Nintendo as the great innovator?

They also made shoulder buttons with the SNES, which the PS1 later used. The SNES also innovated with the button arrangement.

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[Something Amyss]

They also made shoulder buttons with the SNES, which the PS1 later used. The SNES also innovated with the button arrangement.

You're sacraping the bottom of the barrewl with so-called "innovations."

While we're at it, Nintendo totally ripped off ergonomics from Sega.

 

[VG_Addict]

OK, here is something I don't understand:

People say they want Nintendo's games, but they don't see them as system sellers, or games for which they would buy a console. Yet they would buy those games on another console. If they don't see them as sellers on their native consoles, why would they be seen as sellers on other consoles?

Why do people want Nintendo to give up their exclusives, when console exclusives have ALWAYS been a major selling point?