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BUT since were back to pretending or specualtiing now and not trying to argue over silly things that noone can predict anyways ok Ill go this rout.
I already said
we're not. What I DID say was that every last bit of 3rd party support helps as, even if the game is garbage, it will still count toward the final tally of games available for the system and that number is what a lot of consumers will pay attention to when they go to buy a console.
You clearly don't like Namco's franchises. Fair enough, but that voids your opinion on the subject. There's a reason why Soul Caliber 2 reached best-seller status on all three consoles: because, across all three consoles, there are a lot of SC fans.
You also keep insisting that the Japanese market doesn't count and that the licenses Bandai holds are therefore irrelevant. Where is your evidence of this? You can't tell me that franchises like Naruto, One Piece and Gundam are going to do nothing in Japan when they're some of the few franchises which have become so popular that they saturated the US underground markets BEFORE being licensed without laying down some
sales figures.
Bottom line:
Would franchises from Banco being brought to the Rev help Nintendo to shed their image as a company who doesn't support 3rd parties and will probably finish 3rd in the console race again?
Yes.
Is it likely to happen?
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Also the pint of a new gen making a new clean slate is sorta nullified by public perception which is still Nintendos shrinakage. Until Nintendo can shake thier loser image they wont be able to pull far enough ahead to sway ANY body to exclusivity with out paying for deals.
This is why striking now before all the pieces fall into place would be ideal, but again, it's not going to happen.
However, that changes nothing about the simple fact that securing 3rd party support (if not for exclusives, at least at ALL) is the only thing which will save Nintendo's stake in the home console market.
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In the same vein of pointless speculation, nintendo could, for even less money, buy out TakeTwo Interactive, making the GTA series exclusive, not to mention bringing a full complement of 2K sports games to the Revolution (including NFL 2K7, since EA's monopoly on the NFL license would no longer effect 2K if they were a using a first party license).
First, it's not a 1 to 1 purchasing ratio. Just because the company is over $1 bil doesn't mean they'd sell for that amount: they'd sell for MUCH more.
Second, they've refused to sell out because there's no need to do so: they're making money hand over fist and Sony and MS are likely throwing money hats at them like crazy.
That's not the economic climate in which you sell your company because selling the company comes with a number of huge drawbacks like not being in creative control and having your actions governed by another entity. You sell your company when you lack the funds to make your projects succeed to your full potential and when a buyer sees this and understands that they'll benefit from this happening.
-SB
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