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CAL4M1TY on 23 October 2008
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I think Nintendo's biggest problem is that they fail to realise what has changed between NES/SNES to N64/Gamecube/Wii.

Hardware from Nintendo has always been comparable to those of it's opposition, the difference was that Nintendo was a monster in the NES and SNES era, blowing away the competition, what it didn't realise was that when the N64 rolled around, it wasn't the only viable platform anymore.

I won't bore you with the details of history, but as we all know, Nintendo got bitch slapped for two generations.

If anything this generation shows, is that market leader doesn't necessarily denote 3rd party haven. I'm not necessarily talking about the Wii either, the Playstation 3 was tipped to carry on what the PS1 established and what the PS2 brought to the next level.

From that, we can all assume that alot of developers had projects lined up for the PS3, but where are they? I'll tell you where, they're on the 360, exclusive or otherwise. Money talks, and when Sony failed to realise that Microsoft was pushing the software front, they lost ALOT of games (in terms of exclusivity).

There is no way in hell Bioshock, Mass Effect, Tales of Vesperia, GTA4 and all the other AAA titles that have either been 360 exclusive or multiplat weren't in development before the 360 landed. I mean sure, Rockstar, Irrational and Bioware are good, but they aren't that quick. That must mean that MS stepped in, between generations, to acquire their services.

Why isn't Nintendo getting these games? because whilst it may be the frontrunner now, when this gen started and all these big titles were in development, they had very little going for them. Problem with being in the lead now, is that Sony and Microsoft are now pushing the money-sack towards developers to make games for them (exclusively or to break exclusivity), so the market leader is no longer the only viable platform for profitability.

That's why unless Nintendo starts bidding, they won't as much 3rd party love as the PS2, PS1, SNES, NES, GBA and DS got.

That's not to say they won't get any at all (I mean, Microsoft and Sony are smart companies, they won't buy ALL established franchises) but I doubt we'll see flagship titles from companies (i.e Capcom = Street fighter or RE, Konami = Castlevania or MGS, S-E = main series FF).