Which Major Third Party publisher could you see having their own consoles?

Which third party game company could've been a strong console platform holder?

  • Capcom

    Votes: 8 21.6%
  • Square Enix

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Bandai/Namco

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • Ubisoft

    Votes: 2 5.4%
  • Activision

    Votes: 5 13.5%
  • Other (Specify)

    Votes: 17 45.9%

  • Total voters
    37
Being realistic, none. But if I had to bet one, Tencent is the only one who could have the money and interest on doing so only if PS considerably grows and ends becoming 'too big' in China.

But consoles for Tencent is a relatively small market and they always supported all platforms and markets, so I think won't release a console. If something they make consolized PCs like Valve an MS.

I think Google or Apple could improve their support for paid games & games controlled with gamepad games, and to give a more console gaming focus to Apple TV or Google Chrome & Android TV, also supporting their own or external cloud gaming for AAA games there. But in both cases I think they'll continue prioritizing their existing gaming business focused in F2P and casual they already have mostly in mobile (more successful in userbase and revenue than consoles).


To stop making games for other platforms would destroy most of their revenue and profit. Same goes for the other 3rd parties.

AAA games, and particularly the GaaS ones, need to be able to reach an as big as possible userbase. So in recent generations the AAA companies have been expanding their multiplatform side and reducing their exclusives side. A trend that will continue because as always AAA games will continue getting more expensive the next generation.

Fun fact: in the 90s Capcom did an unsuccessful console: CPS Changer, the only platform that allowed you to play 1:1 versions of their arcade games at home, since basically the cartridges were pretty much the same arcade games. A pretty similar approach to the -less unsuccessful- Neo·Geo concept:

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Holy cow! I am doing a deep dive learning about this thing! So amazing!
 
I would say either EA or Ubisoft, they already have their own launcher on Windows which could be adapted to an embedded PC-like device. Biggest question is why? Unless they want an easily accessible platform for Ubisoft+/EA Play.
 
Capcom could have built a Neo Geo type thing with their arcade hardware.

Actually I think they did, it was just super rare and didn't go anywhere.
 
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Tencent could easily launch something in China. Aren't they partnering with Valve for Chinese Steam and Nintendo?

Anyways, pretty sure they have had their own essentially Android TV box with games already.

Outside China, Meta is going to keep plugging on VR side. Maybe Apple will go further with Arcade and Apple TV as well.
 
Holy cow! I am doing a deep dive learning about this thing! So amazing!
If you like its arcade stick, Capcom released in Japan a Super Famicom / SNES version of the controller.

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They later did a Mega Drive version in a different color:
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Capcom could have built a Neo Geo type thing with their arcade hardware.

Actually I think they did, it was just super rare and didn't go anywhere.
I said it a few posts above https://www.neogaf.com/threads/whic...ing-their-own-consoles.1687801/post-270764659

What would they call their console?
It was called CPS Changer.

CPS (Capcom Play System / CP System) was the name of the propietary arcade board they did use back then for their arcade boards.

Later they released the CPS2 board, but only one of its games was released on CPS Changer too: Street Fighter Zero (known as Street Fighter Alpha in the west), this time with a difference with its arcade version: didn't have the anti-piracy hardware, something that later was key to bypass the anti-piracy CPS2 protection and emulate the games.
 
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None of those, I'm betting on Tencent. A console from a big Chinese player is just a matter of time.
 
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