Could Nintendo go third-party?

They are being disrupted right now (by players they can't compete with). They will be losing in the coming years, if they don't change something fundamentally. Maybe going 3rd party isn't that, but I'd like it anyways. Their IP is just really worthwhile.

But maybe I have to wait until Disney buys them for next to nothing in 2020...

They've been dying before and pulled back. They aren't closer to dying now and can still pull upwards. Or maybe they will ever fully recover- but nonetheless, I am sure that the day they have to go third party would be the day they are doomed.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, great enough to be the most popular gaming hardware.

And with external gamepads coming I think it could be even better.

You can argue they are not popular because of their gaming capabilities, almost the opposite, they are popular despite their relatively poor capabilities. Even if we go there, if we consider such a market as the biggest videogame explosion for the years to come, Nintendo has proven that their hardware experience makes them the fittest to actually compete in such a bizarre gaming situation.

I mean they managed to sell the frigging Wii. I suppose that you can argue that the Wii wasn't great hardware quality, but that goes to prove that being popular doesn't mean you have good hardware.

Originally posted by Bardock42
At any rate Nintendo makes very good software for odd gimmicky input devices, they'd be perfect for making great games for smartphones.

Nintendo would make great games for wooden boxes... They have done it before actually.

Originally posted by Bentley
You can argue they are not popular because of their gaming capabilities, almost the opposite, they are popular despite their relatively poor capabilities. Even if we go there, if we consider such a market as the biggest videogame explosion for the years to come, Nintendo has proven that their hardware experience makes them the fittest to actually compete in such a bizarre gaming situation.

I mean they managed to sell the frigging Wii. I suppose that you can argue that the Wii wasn't great hardware quality, but that goes to prove that being popular doesn't mean you have good hardware.

Nintendo would make great games for wooden boxes... They have done it before actually.

I don't really disagree with anything you said here...not sure why we are arguing.

I enjoy talking with reasonable people from time to time awesr