fkusumot on 17 January 2008
This...
| routsounmanman said: They can but they absolutely must not be allowed. If Nintendo dominates their console, 3rd parties will have to go the Xbox360/PS3/PC trifecta. Therefore, the only companies that'll thrive will be the ones that can make a Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy or a Halo. All the others will build another generic FPS or go downhill. So far, third parties have been using slings to fight with tanks (Nintendo games); they needs to bring their big guns onto the Wii to fight against Nintendo, they can't back off. |
and this...
| Words Of Wisdom said: Think about this. Imagine it happened. Imagine that Nintendo did have to almost single-handedly support the Wii with its games. This would cement the image that "Only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo consoles." Do you understand how painful that stigma would be not only this generation but in the following ones? Even with the highest selling console of the bunch, 3rd parties choosing not to support a Nintendo console means that they wouldn't even support it at its best. This is all hypothetical, but this stigma is a very real possibility that Nintendo very much needs to avoid. |
But... the support is going to eventually follow much like it did with the DS. The struggle is centered around Japan where home console gaming has been contracting and the third party developers there are struggling in the home market. I'm sure the western developers are going to figure out how to put one and one together and come out with "ii" soon.
