Exclusivity is dead, NeoGAF - do you think Nintendo will release games on other hardware in the next 10 years?

Do you see Nintendo releasing games on other hardware within the next 10 years?

  • Yes, older Virtual Console releases on PC/mobile

  • Yes, multiplayer and GaaS games like Splatoon or Mario Maker on other hardware

  • Yes, releases of third party collaborations like Bayonetta 3 on other hardware

  • Yes, releases of older Switch/2 hits like BOTW or Animal Crossing on other hardware

  • Yes, releases of their games on other hardware on Day One

  • Yes, continued minimal support of their mobile games

  • I don't think Nintendo will release games on other hardware in this period


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Oh no another space brain here...thinking exclusivity is dead but in reality it just lack of news for games to be exclusive and pshing nintendo as same orher console are just wrong idea all of their game still stuck on consolespace + some games Are on playstation are just aim for live-services as sameday release while their core exclusive mostly stuck for 1-2year then port later + some games like death stranding(its studios will be deciding what time or what situation they gonna release their games)

In reality exclusive will stuck on gaming industry even you try to tell the world that its dying or watsoever you are just some kind of genius that using old crystal ball in some man cave........plus the aim of exclusivity is not aim console warring or such its just they are good system sellers that show us consumer how a console to be unique to other consoles

To that i will not cast a vote for lack of reasons and stupidity choices you gave
 
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Probably not, at least not in 10 years. We can't know how things will evolve in future, but even in a dystopic future where consoles doesn't exists anymore and everything is a cloud service, I see Nintendo having its own service like Netflix, Disney Plus, etc...

In close/mid range of time, giving aways exclusives like Playstation is doing would kill any value for the brand/platform.
 
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I don't think so. Nintendo is a perfect bubble. They will be fine.

For Sony, have they come out and said that they will continue to support more of their exclusives on PC? I was thinking this was a dipping their toe in the water moment. It could still go either way. Just matching Xbox at this moment. If Xbox goes 3rd party, maybe just go exclusive again like Nintendo.
 
Nintendo have routinely shown they operate much differently from Microsoft or SIE/Sony. They have the longest legacy in gaming and the most beloved IP among the platform holders. Their games also tend to sell the most relative install base out of basically every publisher who isn't Take-Two, and they accomplish that while staying exclusive to their own hardware.

For Nintendo, hardware and software are intricately connected, joined at the hip, and inseparable. In other words, if Nintendo stopped making their own hardware and having their games exclusive to that hardware, they'd just cease being a video game company.

The only likelihood of a Nintendo game on other platforms anytime soon, IMO, is if they make some new GAAS/live service IP farmed out to a 3P studio, and a 3P publisher to publish on non-Nintendo systems. It'd be the equivalent of their mobile strategy but in this case, not even acting as spinoffs of actual franchises Nintendo make for their own hardware. And after 3-4 years, they'd end support for the game since it'd have served their needs.



Have you ever actually looked at, like, ANY Nintendo fiscal statements? They are not like SIE; they aren't reliant on 3P sales revenue because most of their software revenue is in fact from their own 1P titles. Besides, how many 3P AAA publishers really supported the Switch? Not many. Meanwhile, indie games are always going to cost cheaper and make less, and most indie games really don't sell a ton of copies (on any platform), because there are simply so many. The Undertales, Balatros, Among Us, Schedule 1s etc. are like the top 5% or maybe even top 1% of indie releases when it comes to big market sales.

You're also overestimating the money NSO brings in; last I checked, NSO sub counts were roughly in PS+'s ballpark, but NSO is WAY cheaper, at $20 a year for the base tier. NSO+ costs more, and it's had some good adoption, but it'd only be a subset of the primary service's sub rate.

So basically, you've completely misconstrued Nintendo here, because they're the one platform holder where exclusives actually are the main reason to buy their hardware. And it's been that way since the N64 (I'd argue since the SNES, but that system did get tons of mainline 3P support for its day, more than any other 4th-gen console).



This is a great point actually. Even if by some chance Nintendo stop making hardware, they can easily just switch to an app store of their own on other platforms like iOS, Android or even PC. They'd probably do something like require semi-regular login syncs for games (even single-player ones) to check for piracy or anti-cheat stuff, and tie all access to the account.

But they could easily make that transition if they must. And, it still retains all integration & synergy within their own ecosystem, even if it's technically accessible on other devices. TBH this is what SIE should've done when bringing their games to PC, but they stupidly gave up on that because they wanted that Steam money.

Now, if they tried introducing their own launcher/storefront app on PC, it'll likely do poorly since they've trained so many people to expect those games on Steam, where they will inevitably prefer to buy them since Steam will have magnitudes more games (multiplat & exclusive) than any PS PC launcher could hope to have.

People like to give Nintendo crap sometimes, but they've shown to be very smart and observant about how to value their IP and their brand, and they've retained the integrity & value of their IPs/brand better than any other company in the business. There's a reason they've become so ingrained in the industry & culture as a whole, and part of it is because they didn't whore themselves out to every other platform or service under the Sun just to get make quick money for pleasing greedy shareholders or because "line must go up".
The switch has sold 1,391.23million units of software.
First party sales don't even account for 1/2 of that total.
3rd party studios (many AAA) do great numbers on the Switch.

Sony does great too and really, there is no reason this doesn't apply to them either.
It's why they don't do day 1 pc releases is because they recognize the power of exclusive games bringing users into the ecosystem.
 
Microsoft/Xbox made the decision to go multi-platform because their products weren't selling. They had, at the very least, a real financial reason for doing so.

PlayStation are making the decision to go multi-platform because, and I truly believe this, their current leadership is comprised of the lowest IQ individuals in the history of platform leadership. I genuinely believe they're not bright by any measure(s) of brightness. They are devaluing PlayStation hardware -- consoles, controllers, headsets, disc drives, charging stands etc. -- and will only discover this once they realize that by multi-platforming their games, they gave people more justification to not buy any of their hardware. This will, ironically, have an effect on their software and services sales; which completely defeats the purpose of multi-platforming their IP in the first place. Extremely low intelligence leadership.

Nintendo have leadership that as of this post, seem to get it. They won't devalue their hardware by releasing their games on other platforms. Unless something catastrophic happens (e.g., Switch 2's start exploding in people's homes), Nintendo are going to continue to do what works; make a lot of software and make it only available on their hardware.
 
Yes.

I expect Nintendo to release games on PC within the next two years.
A prediction with a time limit, gutsy!
Considering what's happening in the industry, Xbox is changing and PC is on a victory tour. It's not too outlandish.
 
I could easily see it. Been saying that for a while.
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That's how you kill your products worth.
Nintendo leads they don't follow.
 
You can add another 7 YES options, and people are going to vote NO OP. Exclusives are the whole value of Nintendo consoles…
 
Sony and Xbox are both multimedia business.

The only reason Nintendo would stick to exclusives is because they are a solely video game company.

Microsoft? They are the owners of the biggest OS system in the world, they can release titles anywhere they want.

Sony? Movies, Cars, TVs... they can release their titles on rival platforms if they want to, as long as they don't release stuff day one like Xbox does.
Nintendo is slowly transitioning to being a multimedia company too.

They have films and theme parks happening now.

This shift may not happen today but it might happen in 10 years imo.
 
I think specific older titles, collaboration titles and multiplayer centric titles, all on a delay of course.

Specifically PC, I feel like Nintendo would want to try and keep its home console grip, but might be more open to PC getting a release.

Ironically I think they will do something stupid like require you to pay for Nintendo Online to play online on your PC, there the one company I think that are so far up their own ass to attempt that here and now and then blame the consumer when it fails.
 
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A prediction with a time limit, gutsy!
Considering what's happening in the industry, Xbox is changing and PC is on a victory tour. It's not too outlandish.

Nintendo would make serious money just by porting their older games. However, they could remix them up for PC. Imagine Mario Galaxy remade exclusively for PC with full path tracing? That's what they should do.

Port the older stuff to PC and keep the new games for the Switch 2 to keep the Nintendo fans happy.

They could even do swap deals with Sony.

"Sony, you give us Rachet and Clank, and we'll port Zelda to PS6"

Nintendo need to put me in charge.
 
Consoles don't really make money on the high end, they typically lose money.
Nintendo does make money on consoles. Sure, they make more money on software and accessories.

You put your games on other consoles, you lose a cut of those games while missing out on accessory sales.
 
Nope. Nintendo doesn't need to do that. Sony and Microsoft can hardly find mascots/brand association to save their life. At least Sony now has Astro Bot. But Nintendo knows their brand and how recognizable it is. Their own IPs and exclusives don't need to go anywhere else. They haven't this whole time (for the most part) and they're doing more than fine.
 
Nintendo would make serious money just by porting their older games. However, they could remix them up for PC. Imagine Mario Galaxy remade exclusively for PC with full path tracing? That's what they should do.

Port the older stuff to PC and keep the new games for the Switch 2 to keep the Nintendo fans happy.

They could even do swap deals with Sony.

"Sony, you give us Rachet and Clank, and we'll port Zelda to PS6"

Nintendo need to put me in charge.
Bro if youre trading Zelda for Ratchet and Clank it's probably best you're not in charge
 
Nintendo would make serious money just by porting their older games. However, they could remix them up for PC. Imagine Mario Galaxy remade exclusively for PC with full path tracing? That's what they should do.

Port the older stuff to PC and keep the new games for the Switch 2 to keep the Nintendo fans happy.

They could even do swap deals with Sony.

"Sony, you give us Rachet and Clank, and we'll port Zelda to PS6"

Nintendo need to put me in charge.
I don't think Nintendo is stupid enough to swap Zelda with Rachet and Clank.

Zelda is multi-billion dollar franchise while Ratchet and clank is a niche franchise.
 
No. Because Nintendo isn't brain dead. The whole point of first party software production is to have a competitive advantage, since third party software will likely end up on everything. Otherwise you are literally paying to help the competition. Death Stranding may be the most egregious example of this.

If Nintendo had ported Zelda or Mario kart to ps4 I would have never bought a switch. If Sony were in charge of Nintendo's portfolio they would have ported Mario kart on day 1 because its multiplayer, and apparently you can't be successful multiplayer game unless you're on PC in their mind…

Why did Sony build up their first party so much in the ps3 gen? It was because they were losing all of their previous third party exclusives to Xbox. Once games like uncharted and killzone started coming out that you could never get on any other platform their console sales magically increased. Maybe Sony should try that strategy again. It is proven to work pretty well. As opposed to the "port games everywhere, it's free money!" strategy, which clearly worked wonders for MS…
 
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I said yes for minimal support of their mobile games. Nintendo has no reason to put their games on any other platform. It's really not their MO.
 
Man, it never gets old how desperate some people are to play Nintendo games on anything but their hardware. Yet, when Nintendo released their games on mobile, it was lauded as mediocre, disappointing, etc. Can't you guys put two and two together?
 
Honestly? It feels like only a matter of time before Nintendo dips its toes into PC gaming. Easy extra revenue. A few years back, the idea of exclusives crumbling like this was unthinkable
 
Man, it never gets old how desperate some people are to play Nintendo games on anything but their hardware. Yet, when Nintendo released their games on mobile, it was lauded as mediocre, disappointing, etc. Can't you guys put two and two together?
Their mobile games sucked...
 
Nintendo will eventually test the waters with PC. I think it will be a slow process though. I think the will start with the Bayonetta series before they get to the Mario's and Zelda's.
 
I could see them doing a PC launcher with classic games.
basically giving an official alternative to emulation.

they got nothing to lose doing that, as emulating their games is already so insanely easy to do. you can literally emulate SNES in a browser these days... across multiple systems.
I can start playing SMW on my phone, save, go to my Xbox, and continue playing it there.

it's so streamlined these days, that even trying to compete against other emulators would be hard for them... which goes to show just how this wouldn't cannibalise any of their other systems
 
I've explained why not many times over and over but it comes down to Nintendo not being retarded.

Sony might be the most retarded, they saw how MS tanked their Xbox business and were like "yes we would like to do that too"
 
They seem to have a warchest big enough to survive three or four colossal failures like the Wii U, and they've demonstrated time and time again they're stubborn as a mule. If they'd ever do it, they'd need to have a very, very long series of absolute fuckups for them to even consider. They believe in having their own platform and controlling everything.
 
Nintendo switch 2 will surely break all records might even reach 300 million with what Sony is doing to its exclusives.
 
In the next 10 years? I thought consoles were supposed to be dead within 10 years?
Yes, that is the question. If consoles are dead within the next ten years, does that mean Nintendo too will be porting its games to other hardware?

If the answer is no, then maybe consoles aren't dead in ten years after all...?
 
I am 39 years old, been gaming since the age of two and I swear every generation I hear the question will Nintendo release games on other platforms. The answer again is of course no.
 
Nintendo just had a record breaking launch of a new console. Despite having basically only one new first party title available at launch. Despite the console's price. Despite the backlash on $80 games and game card "cartridges".

What on Earth makes anyone look at that situation and think "Nintendo's gonna port their games to PC soon"?

Nintendo has no need for PC.
 
Nintendo is the only Publisher who still understands what tempts people to buy new Consoles. I have no desire to buy the best Multiplat Platform I could choose. It takes better incentives to sway me to actually buy new Consoles: Killer Apps, things unique to the platform and "which" you could only experience on the platform.
 
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