I really liked this tweet from Mr. Piscatella and I think he has a very good point on this matter:
This shouldn't surprise anyone on this gaming enthusiast forum.
There's is literally no way Nintendo would put their games on another platform, regardless of how much we'd all want them to.
I agree, minus the Nintendo part.
They might go that way eventually, but the combination between their core values of owning every part of the pie, and also their ability to sell consoles that only play their games, means they won't need to do anything for a while.
yes, Sony too........most sony exclusives will not come to another platform.
It's a lot easier to bite the bullet and make changes when you are in last place like microsoft was this generation. But when you sell gangbusters of consoles and software like Nintendo and Sony...........they won't be so keen to make changes or move their stuff to other platforms as quickly.
Good. What they could do is sell a service that people want. Like what Microsoft is doing with gamepass.But hardware is what locks people into an "ecosystem". You can't sell a PC's internet connection as a subscription fee like all console makers are doing.
There's is literally no way Nintendo would put their games on another platform, regardless of how much we'd all want them to.
What difference between Platforms and ecosystems on these context?
This shouldn't surprise anyone on this gaming enthusiast forum.
Everyone wants a piece of the pie.Please be a Movies Anywhere future
and not a
Netflix, Disney+, Peacock, CBS all access, DC Universe, HBO Go, Hulu, ... future
I just don't like our current trajectory
And the only ones that aren't a flop are Fire Emblem Heroes (not First Party) and Pokemon GO (which success will never happen again)This. Nintendo already has phone apps of its popular IP plus the Switch. What Mat is saying I think, is that Sony and Nintendo aren't going to start putting all their games on PC, rather, they'll make it so that their platform/ecosystem can be accessed from a variety of devices.
And the only ones that aren't a flop are Fire Emblem Heroes (not First Party) and Pokemon GO (which success will never happen again)
Longer than that. It was obvious watching the digital ratio climb YoY. You could even look at other industries to see that ecosystem has mattered more and more.