Should nintendo sell their games on steam?

[docter helth]

I feel like I'm missing out but the switch sucks.

[Haruspex]

In some alternate reality maybe. Sometimes I fantasize that Nintendo straight-up pulls a Sega, and enough years of consistent failure with their hardware endeavors lead them to near bankruptcy, followed by bowing out of the hardware game entirely and focusing on their software. I would buy all the Mario and Zelda games on Steam in a heartbeat.

[Birds]

Автор сообщения: Phirestar

I think it’d be great if they did, but the truth is that there’s no incentive for them to do so. Much like Valve with Steam, Nintendo thrives in their own ecosystem. And keeping it an enclosed environment is what enables them to be where they’re at.

...because Sony is the evil overlord of japan's company.

[crunchyfrog]

No absolutely not because it makes absolutely no business sense for them to do so.

You realise that hardware expenses, design and R&D et al cost a fortune, right? So when a company designs a console, and then sells it they make TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware right?

So how do they profit? By making exclusive software to drive the sales of the hardware.

So why would they commit commercial suicide and do this, by putting their games on Steam?

You need to remember the proof is in the pudding. Nintendo have a MASSIVE cash reserve. They accrued that by doing this very practice.


If you feel you're missing out on the games then do as I've done for decades.

I got into gaming at the very beginning in the 1970s. Buitl my own computer (with help). Never looked back. Every time a new console or computer came out I used this simple metric.

If a unit has about 6 exclusive games I want for the system I buy it.


The reason I do this is because I knwo that if everything goes tits up overnight and the console fails sales wise, I lose nothing. I still have those 6 games that warrants my purchase.

So why can't you do similar? Why can't you look at the games you're missing out on and determine that it might be worth simply buying a Switch?

[S0FTERSIN]

Автор сообщения: crunchyfrog

No absolutely not because it makes absolutely no business sense for them to do so.

You realise that hardware expenses, design and R&D et al cost a fortune, right? So when a company designs a console, and then sells it they make TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware right?

So how do they profit? By making exclusive software to drive the sales of the hardware.

So why would they commit commercial suicide and do this, by putting their games on Steam?

To your point, though, if the hardware expenses are hefty and they make "TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware," than wouldn't it be more lucrative for them to sell their games on Steam (and other platforms)? They already have a massive fanbase for their games & franchises, so wouldn't making them more accessible be more profitable than making them exclusive?

TL;DR: What's the point in developing and driving the sales for the hardware (that makes little profit) if people are willing to buy their games anyways?

[Freqsync]

No.

That is not profit.

Sony hardware made in Asia Continent does not contribute to profit margin.

If the royal family started selling parts of itself or those who take pictures then attempt to recreate then find itself against the original and gets destroyed and the customer complains....

STEAM is so full of customers who have tarnished beyond recognition. The word scam and steam in every store front has occurred thus far. Nintendo should have no need to be part of that. VALvE however is gonna have to create Might and Magic franchise to return with a redo of Dark messiah with what they did to half life. If any chance of showing it can handle how Nintendo does make sure every time you buy the game improvements are found at the level that still allows a person to learn gaming without interference.

Tenderness in the marketplace doesn't mean Mickey(rourke) won't cause god to bleed. Allowing that which has been there longer should be respected. If you go anarchy route you're gonna be up against an anarchy that has lasted longer. Having a want and keeping it that way then seeing it through to success means found wanting to lose everything when accomplished.

Автор сообщения: docter helth

Should nintendo sell their games on steam?.

If they do sell, STEAM needs to sell STEAM to customers for there own business model to go private to make own servers to sell games in regions. Fair trade isn't just for coffee and chocolate.

[crunchyfrog]

Автор сообщения: S0FTERSIN

Автор сообщения: crunchyfrog

No absolutely not because it makes absolutely no business sense for them to do so.

You realise that hardware expenses, design and R&D et al cost a fortune, right? So when a company designs a console, and then sells it they make TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware right?

So how do they profit? By making exclusive software to drive the sales of the hardware.

So why would they commit commercial suicide and do this, by putting their games on Steam?

To your point, though, if the hardware expenses are hefty and they make "TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware," than wouldn't it be more lucrative for them to sell their games on Steam (and other platforms)? They already have a massive fanbase for their games & franchises, so wouldn't making them more accessible be more profitable than making them exclusive?

TL;DR: What's the point in developing and driving the sales for the hardware (that makes little profit) if people are willing to buy their games anyways?

No because it renders ALL that money they spend on hardware R&D and costs to manufacture lost.

You seem to miss the elephant in the room her - THEY KNOW THIS.

Again they have amassed MASSES on cash reserves such that if they stopped trying to trade tomorrow they could literally keep their company ticking over merely on expenditure for more than 50 years.

And they HAVE tested the waqters about this matter - that's what their endeavours with mobile space tried.

And I think they did it rather well by offering ALTERNATIVE games that offer the same sort of feel without detracting from their key platform.

It isn't as easy as simply going "hey we're going to change our whole business plan" overnight.

I get it, it's wishful thinking on YOUR part, and you'd LOVE for these games to be here and that seems to be clouding your judgement.

[Ulfrinn]

Is it really the time of the week for another one of these threads?

[crunchyfrog]

Автор сообщения: Ulfrinn

Is it really the time of the week for another one of these threads?

Sadly yes.

You get people who don't understand how the industry works, so it bears repeating.

[nullpo]

Автор сообщения: docter helth

Автор сообщения: ω猫

They won't, because they are selling consoles, too.
And there are some illegal ways to play Nintendo's games on PC. That makes Nintendo feel like they don't have to make their games playable on PC anymore.

So many people do that and nintendo doesnt even realize how much they are missing out on a huge market like steam i think

who knows. maybe selling games on steam will mean death to their console which I'm sure have a decent profit margin. Why fix a ship that is not broken

[Freqsync]

Until everyone with a doctorate in medicine and math and physics and so forth create that thesis for body building P.H.D. then on to when all colleges observe the gaming profession (all be it graphics design and everything else noted) as a degree program to go back and get.

Will there be a Nintendo University to attend? a Magnet school of Nintendo? Nintendo Pope? Will finally after garages being built to look like nintendos will an island or country be willing to be sold to look like a Nintendo N64 controller on the map?

Mini nintendo snes, playstation,genesis, and so forth then had all emulations added. Then resold on amazon ring any strange bells.

Go back to printing manuals and having those shipped through steam instead of digital then perhaps could resolve everything. once upona time nintendo power was a magazine that was more.

Right now reading these forums has....yeah its definitely not the same thing.

NFTs; Nintendo Future Tech.


How many countries/states/territories have a spot on the list for download region? How many does Nintendo have?

[St✩rlight]

Автор сообщения: S0FTERSIN

Автор сообщения: crunchyfrog

No absolutely not because it makes absolutely no business sense for them to do so.

You realise that hardware expenses, design and R&D et al cost a fortune, right? So when a company designs a console, and then sells it they make TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware right?

So how do they profit? By making exclusive software to drive the sales of the hardware.

So why would they commit commercial suicide and do this, by putting their games on Steam?

To your point, though, if the hardware expenses are hefty and they make "TINY amounts on the sale of the actual hardware," than wouldn't it be more lucrative for them to sell their games on Steam (and other platforms)? They already have a massive fanbase for their games & franchises, so wouldn't making them more accessible be more profitable than making them exclusive?

TL;DR: What's the point in developing and driving the sales for the hardware (that makes little profit) if people are willing to buy their games anyways?

Nintendo make loads on hardware because they use outdated junk to build with. Look ot og Gameboy, it had monochrome screen.

[sleeps]

i bet it's bad for their business i'm sure of it

[Birds]

Автор сообщения: mori

i bet it's bad for their business i'm sure of it

At the very least it would be bad for their kneecaps.

Did you know Nintendo's president got kidnapped by Yakuza in the 80s? Doing the wrong kind of competition or something; stepping on the wrong toes.

[LoveAndPeace]

no i think Nintendo should stay in the dark ages trying to sell me a console.as a person who has worked on fan projects in the past only to have Nintendo destroy it with fear mongering and threats.

[kilésengati]

Yes, but they don't even sell most of them on their own consoles anymore - for no bloody reason.