| Hibern81 said: I think everyone is missing something very important here, and that is everyone owns a Nintendo to play first party exclusives. If Nintendo does everything right with the Wii U (which so far it sounds like they are) and third party titles become a constant fixture on the system, Nintendo has pretty much cut out the middle men (Sony and Microsoft). There are just not enough first party games on the other systems that I would consider must owns to constitute buying a second system in the next generation. I see Nintendo running away with the next gneration, or at worst coming in a strong second. |
That strategy didn't really work out for the gamecube though, did it? (Although the gamecube had a whole heap of problems of its own).
Also, I'm not sure how true that second part is either. Depends who you are I guess. For example, I've grown slightly tired of Nintendo first-party franchises because they don't change very much between installments (best example of this: Animal Crossing). They'll show flashes of brilliance here and there (Metroid Prime, Super Mario Galaxy) and that's great, but it's not enough for me to invest in a console.
To clarify - I'm not saying that Nintendo first-party franchises aren't strong - of course they are, they're the best in the business. But more and more people, especially among people I know (although this is just colloqial), have no interest in playing slightly tweaked versions of 20 year old formulas.
By comparison, I think especially Sony - but to some degree Microsoft - have been better at providing new IP's with first-party franchises, and that's what I buy into a lot more. Sony is pretty self-explanatory, but Microsoft too did very well at the start of this generation with providing console exclusives. I guess we'll have to see what the next gen holds.
