re: How much would Nintendo benefit from general expansion of its int. properties?

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A couple of years ago people said that was a terrible idea. A few terrible wii u years and people are ready for them to just make games

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I don't think anyone saying that in this thread actually said the opposite up to last year or so.

People saying either A) Don't own a Nintendo Console or B) Own a Nintendo console + something else

Nintendo would make far less money and have far less control over their properties. They'd be chasing pure revenue and that's just bad design.

It's pretty simple: Nintendo makes hardware that supports their game concepts. That is how it has always been. That's what drives them. And I, personally, don't want that to change. Does it lead to weird choices or potentially unsustainable ones? Sure. But it also leads to brilliance. They couldn't do what they want to do on an Xbox or PS. People think they can, but they don't get it.

I'd guess if they ever did this, there would be a huge drop in quality when they don't control the vertical.

And I'd also say that most likely BEFORE that point, these people who want Nintendo games would nearly always side with the latest CoD release rather than the Nintendo release. They think they want Mario, but they really want FPS Shooter #2,000. Just like plenty of good games get lost in the shuffle on the Xbox and PS because of big event releases.

Splatoon would never survive on the Xbox or PS. Never. And we probably wouldn't have it without the gamepad, like it or not. And that's one of the best thing Nintendo has done in 10 years.