XxSoulxX posted...
I do not agree. Nintendo needs third party support to keep fans happy. They had too many consoles now that only relied on 1-2 Nintendo games a year, and the Wii is turning into one of those. In order to get third party support, they need a machine that's equal to the PS3 and 360. If they decide to keep gimping their systems, then why would third parties care about them?
That doesn't mean getting into a tech race with Sony and Microsoft. It goes against their business model to do that, and it has proven to be worse for them to compete in that arena than to carve out their own unique path. It's imperative that they get third-party support, but there are ways to go about that. They need to provide incentive for publishers to devote resources to their system, make it more attractive. Nintendo is a hardware-oriented business first and foremost -- all of their systems are sold at a profit -- which is the opposite of Sony and Microsoft, who sell consoles at a loss and make up for it through software and accessories.
The problem with the Wii was that they didn't foster goodwill with third-party publishers, so they had no real reason to develop for the system that wasn't giving them the same revenue as putting one game on the PS3/360/PC. For their part, Nintendo did a good job providing people with games they wanted, and that drove Wii sales through the roof. The solution isn't to make a super high-tech console but continue messing with different ways to interact with games. Offering another standard console that can play Mario won't let them continue to grow; it'll satisfy hardcore players, but it won't drive major growth.
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