| trangentspree said: In an agreement with Capcom, Nintendo is now to be ""responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution" for Monster Hunter 3 in Europe and Australia. http://kotaku.com/5440336/in-europe-monster-hunter-is-now-nintendos-baby This should mean a lot more marketing for this game compared to the usual for third-party titles on the Wii. Still, do you think this is a sign of Nintendo getting more involved in the success of its third-party titles? Or do you think it's simply a matter that Capcom couldn't handle distribution in all territories by itself? Is this unusual practice for Nintendo? |
First, this is unusual.
I think it has to do with trying to make this game a hit in the west like it is in Japan, but also to encourage third parties to make games on the Wii. While it hasn't destroyed the Wii, it puts more pressure on Nintendo because third parties wont pick up some of the slack and make games tyhat will support strong Wii sales. 2009 was hurt by the lack of big hit games, but like on the DS, third party games can help support the system.
