I wanted to go ahead and put a thread together since I've heard a lot of comments already talking about how the NX will have "literally zero third party support" or "very few third party games".
We don't have a lot of hard evidence yet, but what we have points to better Japanese third party support for the NX than Wii U received, as well as the possibility of better Western support.
What I've listed below are either statements/interviews from the companies themselves or reports from reliable sources (i.e. Serkan Toto's report about Bandai Namco). Also note these are retail publishers, so I'm not including indies or developers who don't publish their own titles.
Big thanks to Eradicate for helping out and providing some info. If anyone has anything to add that I've missed feel free to let me know.
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Bandai Namco:
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Capcom:
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Electronic Arts:
This is from their Q2 2016 Earnings Conference Call on Oct 29, 2015
Here is what one of their VPs said to BBC on May10th:
And here is a Q&A from their recent May financial results that's also relevant
Basically, once they port Frostbite over to a platform, it's not a huge risk for them to support that platform.
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Koei Tecmo:
Koei Tecmo confirmed they were developing NX titles during their financial presentation on April 28th, 2016
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Level 5:
IGN: Yo-Kai Watch Developer Open to Bringing Franchises to Wii U, NX
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Nippon Ichi:
Duckroll summarized this part about future business (
from their recent financial results in Japanese):
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Spike Chunsoft:
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Square Enix:
http://kotaku.com/these-are-the-first-nintendo-nx-games-1720545061
http://nintendoeverything.com/square-enix-open-to-bringing-final-fantasy-xiv-to-nx/
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Take-Two:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/here-is-what-rockstars-parent-company-thinks-about/1100-6439939/
Note: I listened to that particular question of the Take-Two Q&A and the part about being "wherever the customer is" was right after they talked about VR, so they may have been referring more to that platform as opposed to the NX and/or future Sony/Microsoft platforms
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Here's a quick summary of some of the other major publishers who haven't mentioned the NX, but recently supported or are still supporting the Wii U. I would suspect they will all be supporting the NX as well to some extent.
Activision Blizzard:
Released 3 retail Wii U titles in 2015, Skylanders SuperChargers, Guitar Hero Live, and The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure.
Sega/Atlus:
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games gets released on Wii U in June. Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE also comes out in the west in June. Atlus is still a strong supporter of the 3DS, obviously.
Ubisoft:
Released three Just Dance games on the Wii U in 2015, Just Dance 2016, Just Dance: Disney Party 2, and Just Dance Yokai Watch (in Japan).
Warner Brothers:
Still releasing Lego games on Wii U (where they sell fairly well). LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes out in June.
There's also some other minor publishers supporting Wii U, i.e. Deep Silver publishing Mighty No. 9/Bloodstained Ritual of the Night to retail, or Nordic Games bringing Legend of Kay Anniversary to Wii U last year.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the only other third party publishers that are relevant on consoles that I haven't mentioned in either list are Bethesda/ZeniMax (privately held), CD Projekt Red, and Konami (not making many console games anymore).
Anyway, I hope this helps spark a little discussion. I'm not saying NX is going to have great third-party support for sure, but I think it's clearly going to be more than "very little".