Sega thinks Nintendo should help with mature content on Wii.

[patjuan32]

noname2200 said:

Bodhesatva said:

So this brings up an excellent discussion topic. Here are two statements to consider -- one which we've heard frequently for years, and another we've heard only more recently.

1) Nintendo first party kills third party software sales. This is often used as an explanation for why third parties ignore Nintendo systems.

2) Sega wants Nintendo first party to make a specific type of game so that Sega can copy it. That specific type of game is a "mature" game.

I submit that these two statements are fundamentally at odds. If Nintendo first party kills third party sales, why on earth would third parties be actively requesting that Nintendo start making games in the genres they focus on? If statement 1 is correct, this would only serve to kill sales of the games Sega is trying to make.

In other words, statement 2 not only suggests that first party doesn't kill third party, it suggests that it helps third party. It gives them games to copy.

I don't think the argument behind point two is so much "so we can copy it" (although that tends to be the end result...) as "so someone can establish the market for us." In that respect, it actually meshes well with point one, as Nintendo has clearly demonstrated time and again that it can blaze one hell of a trail on its systems.

Put alternatively, I believe third-parties want Nintendo to 1) create a market on their system for the type of games that third-parties want to make, THEN 2) Abandon said market, so that third-parties can plunder it without interference. It's rather like a swarm of locusts asking the farmer to create a bountiful harvest, so that the locusts can reap the benefits.

Do I need to express the flaws in this plan?

No, your explanation was very thorough.