| Nintari said: If you're 21 and under, you shouldn't even comment in this thread. You weren't alive when Nintendo was at it's best and so your experience is VERY limited on the subject.
There was a time when Nintendo CREATED Zelda,Mario and Metroid...not simply made sequels. If you were alive during this time, like I was, you'll totally understand the article. |
Creating new IPs is very risky. No company in their right mind would waste money on a new IP when they have giant franchises to hold them up. It's not that the company doesn't want to or can't, it's that customers don't want new IP.
When was the last time you purchased a game that was completely new? I bet for many people, it's a rare event. For most people, they will always buy a new Mario or new Call of Duty over a completely new IP. This is because they TRUST those games. They know Mario games are fun.
Nintendo will not avoid creating new IP, but they will not do so every year and pour resources into this. They have given us things to chomp on, but we have taken very little notice.
They've created plenty of new IP for the expanded market, and while the expanded audience buys those games in droves, core gamers keep yammering on about how "Wii Sports is for Grandma". It was the same thing during the NES era. People were saying "Mario is for kids" (they still do).
In any case, Nintendo is creating new IP to expand the market and they will continue doing so.
