Reggie talks about 3d parties, Nintendo not good at creating certain games

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Sempuukyaku said:

Scoobes said:

Sempuukyaku said:
I don't want Nintendo selling out, sorry. I'm VERY happy with what Nintendo creates. That's what makes Nintendo....Nintendo. They don't need to be making Bioshock/Modern Warfare/Mass Effect types of stuff. That's not who they are. No one is demanding that Bethesda make a kid's platformer, are they?

Thought so.

No, but Bethesda aren't a platform holder. If you own the platform you have some responsibility to supply customers with games. They do that very well with they're core Nintendo franchises and with the new demographics they've helped create. However, for the other traditional games they haven't and Reggie admits this in his statement. As the platform holder and console manufacturer if they're is a gap in your software library that could be profitable and is in demand then you should be trying to fill that demand either through 3rd party negotiation or 1st/2nd party. Nintendo doesn't seem to have succeeded in either.

With the amount of money they're making and considering how small they are, they could easily splash out and publish a title from a small dev making a core non-Nintendo title. With Nintendo overseeing the title it'd probably be of pretty good quality.

No, Nintendo are responsible for creating content THAT THEIR CONSUMERS want. Based on how awesome Nintendo first-party games sell, they are making the content that consumers want. For any other content, that's the job of third parties to fill in those gaps. Again, are we demanding Microsoft make 2d cartoon-style platforms?

 

My problem is that the industry continues to hold Nintendo to standards that they refuse to hold others to. That's simply not cool. Nintendo is going to make games that they're the best at. Same with Sony and Microsoft.

To the caps, yes. Their consumers want the games they are making, that's why they sell so well. They don't just make games that they're best at, they make games where there is a demand, and if they're isn't a demand, they look and see if they can create it. That's why they're on top this gen.

But there is also a perception that there is a gap in the Wii market for core games. I read people wanting this core game or that core game which don't have quite as much coverage on the Wii. IF there is a demand for games of that type then Nintendo should be doing something about it. As platform holders I think they have a responsibility to do what they can to satiate that software demand. That doesn't mean they have to create it themselves, but it does mean they have to sell the concept of the Wii as a core game console to 3rd parties.

If MS found that there was a demand for 2D cartoony platformers on the 360, then you can bet they'd try to release a game to satiate that demand (1st, 2nd, 3rd party, it doesn't really matter). Same with Sony.

The current 3rd-party perception is that there is little demand for core titles on Wii. If Nintendo truly wanted these titles on Wii then I would have thought that perception would have been shattered by now.