re: NX to be announced before E3?

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At this point I have no belief that Nintendo will ever get 3rd party support back. They don't seem willing to do what I needed for that. They will continue having good first party games but at this rate no one will have their console to play them.

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Probably not, but people will carry hope.

And although it's frustrating, I'd still like Nintendo to stay Nintendo. Otherwise, you're asking people to sacrifice Smash and Kart and whatever Mario game is next....to play the same games that you can play on PCs and other consoles. I think that's ludicrous.

The big problem is that even if Nintendo goes out and makes a comparable console to the Xbox One and PS4, they will still fail and that will not and cannot save them. Those types of gamers will never buy a Nintendo console even if it can play Grand Theft Auto 6. They've passed that point IMO, so they have to find some other way to be unique.

And I think, if they went that far, it would be the beginning of the end.

The only thing that would change my mind is that if we polled current X1 and PS4 users (even on this site) and said...

"Would you buy a comparably powered Nintendo console instead of your MS or Sony equivalent next generation?"

And the answers were 80% Yes.

But, my guess is overwhelmingly "No." Somewhere in the 90% range.


On the flip side, if you polled them,

"Would you purchase Mario games on your MS or Sony console if Nintendo were to develop 3rd Party games?"

The answers would be in the 90% Yes range.

And there is an extremely important measure to draw between those questions and answers.