Nintendo? (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, May 20, 2016, 14:53 (3203 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I'm not so sure. Nintendo is fully aware that lack of 3rd party support hurts them.

Does it, though?

I feel like it's too little, too late for Nintendo. I don't see many people jumping ship from PS4 or Xbox One just because Nintendo finally pulled its head out of its ass and decided to make a console that has some sort of parity with the other two after more than a decade. But we still don't even actually know what the NX is, so maybe that's not even true.

I still wish they'd just go the Sega route and stop making consoles and become a publisher. I want to play the new Zelda, but not enough that I'm going to drop hundreds of dollars on a console.

In the long run, yes it does IMO. The complete lack of 3rd party support on Nintendo consoles turns them into a great choice for someone's 2nd console, but rarely do they win the "if I can only pick 1 console" battle. Back in the N64 days, they had just enough 3rd party support to bolster their phenomenal 1st and 2nd party lineups and do quite well overall. The Wii was lightning in a bottle for a couple years, but the floor fell out from under them quite quickly there. And the Wii-U has been a pretty clear failure. Their 1st party lineup isn't as stellar as it once was, and they don't have in-their-prime Rare to back them up anymore. They need strong 3rd party support if they ever want to convince the larger gamer market to buy an NX instead of a PS4 or Xbox.