Why don't western 3rd party developers support Nintendosystems?

[Doobie_wop]

Galaki said:

Doobie_wop said:

Galaki said:

The general consensus is that Nintendo should give free money to 3rd parties because they run an overly successful business.

No, Nintendo don't have to do anything at all, I'm pretty sure they are happy with how things are going for them at the moment. Third Parties don't have to do anything either, they already have viable platforms to work on and they keep getting incentives to work on those platforms. Most of those incentives have nothing to with marketing or development funding. No one is crying over this, except for the Wiis audience, who keep complaining about the lack of support, but don't want to put the blame on Nintendo for their part in this mess.

So, we're in agreement that Nintendo is at fault for making too much money?

If Nintendo were poor, I doubt there would be much difference. This isn't about Nintendo being so rich that they don't need Third Parties, it's about Nintendo not giving a fuck because they are doing well and Third Parties not giving a fuck because they are doing well. If Nintendo had a system that sold 20 million units and had a lack of crazy profits, then Third Parties will continue to not give a fuck like they did with the Dreamcast and Gamecube.

Nintendo are stuck either way, mainly because their focus is on something different and they don't care about how their minority  'core' audience feels about quality Third Party support.