Looks like head of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has given his two-cents on the amount of third-party support that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been getting. It’s no secret that the Wii U sees the least amount of third-party support out of any of the consoles that are out there, so it was only a matter of time before Reggie, or one of the various other heads at Nintendo, was asked about it again

Reggie Fils-Aime had the following to say on the matter:

“…I would answer the question in a couple ways. Third parties are bringing multi-platform content to our platform — Watch Dogs from Ubisoft, as an example. I would love to have Call of Duty on our platform. I would love to have any of the big blockbuster, multi-platform titles. But I have to say, more specifically, I want games that provide a differentiated consumer experience. If you look at the other two competitive platforms, fundamentally, what’s the difference? But interestingly, when you look at either one, either by themselves doesn’t have a lot of exclusive content. They have a lot of shared content. Look at it from the standpoint of, what don’t they have? They don’t have our games. They don’t have Mario and Zelda. I’d much rather be where Nintendo is, with a differentiated platform, differentiated set-up experiences that we can provide uniquely to the consumer. Let those other guys battle it out over, you know, which visual representation of Call of Duty is most compelling. I like our chances of having a differentiated console and a differentiated series of experiences. This business is built on a year-and-a-half or two-year planning cycles, especially for the home console space. Products that they’re thinking about today are not going to come into the MARKET until two years down the road. By doing a great job today in the here and now, that’s what’s going to feed the pipeline of great new third-party content coming onto our platform. For us, that’s the long game that we’re trying to play.”

With that being said, it’s time to let us know what you think! Do you agree with Reggie on this, or do you think that Nintendo needs more third-party support, rather than relying on the first and second-party games? Let us know in the comments below!

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