Nintendo keeping quiet about future Wii U games to avoid idea copying

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wfz said:

M.U.G.E.N said:

wfz said:

M.U.G.E.N said:
Funny thing is people actually believe this PR nonsense from Nintendo smh. I swear their PR reminds me of an Apple commercial.

Nintendo's always been a more secretive company when it comes to unveiling their games, so it doesn't surprise me at all that they want to be even more secretive when both of their competitors are looking to announce new hardware before the end of E3 2013.

I'm sure they have something or the other to reveal for the wiiu for certain..I mean if it's just the current line up it would suck imho. I do have a bad feeling that 'trump card' might be something to do with Black Ops tho. 

My opinion was more aimed at the way put things into working in their PR statements. Even this, let's be real here. If it's something that can be used draw in crowds, the competition will follow. Same applies to Nintendo as well. having few months of difference between the reveals is not going to make much of a difference. It sure as hell ain't the real reason. If they said they are holding back to get a bigger hype train going closer to launch or something then I would agree 100%.

Nintendo might be worried for the following reasons:

1) S&M creating new hardware revisions based on what the Wii U is capable of. The longer Nintendo holds out on releasing that new information, the less likely their competitors are to do a good job incorporating a similar thing into their hardware, assuming it's a good innovation.

2) As far as software goes: Nintendo can't stop people from copying their game design. By holding out on information, though, they can prevent competition from creating clones and releasing them within a certain time-frame of Nintendo's release, preventing them from crowding the market with clones around Nintendo's game.

Those two points may not happen to extreme conditions (I doubt many developers are actively thinking "oh! Let's see what Nintendo is up to..and copy them fast!") but it does happen in more subtle ways. I think that's what they're trying to prevent.

 

I understand the worry of BLOPS2 being part of Nintendo's big reveal plan this summer, but realistically I think it's taking a second-seat to the real show: The Nintendo Network. You can bet BLOPS2 will be there, but I think (I hope) it will be used as merely a title in a list of games, not the big showcasing of the NNetwork. On that similar topic, I wonder how much Activision is going to:

1) Tout the Wii U BLOPS2 version as the best version

2) Advertise it regularly amongst the PS3+360 version

3) Shove it under the covers and release it more incognito like the Wii versions.

see I disagree with the two points you made

1. the WiiU is coming out in a few months.. the other two aren't. We still don't even know when they are coming out but I doubt we will see them at least until end of '13 or maybe early '14. Sony already has a solid line up for next year (at least until the fall season). Mere months won't change the situation for Nintendo. The competition will change or adapt (IF needed). That's an issue Nintendo will face no matter what since they are going first into next gen and especially since the other two doesn't seem to be in a hurry to do so. And let's be honest here, hardware wise, I'm sure both sony and ms have a good idea of what WiiU is capable of by now. (I'm referring to power etc here, not software or applications)

2. this brings us to features. These are the things the competition will keep an eye on the most (outside of things like price). But again, for a first party dev team, implimenting such ideas into their games or apps really won't take more than a few months. Again just keeping this secret for like a month or two is not going to make a difference. TBH feature wise I actually expect nintendo to take ideas from sony and MS, especially when it comes to their onlline. 

hmm as for BO2, I'm certain activision has a deal with MS for exclusive marketing. It seemed that they renewed their DLC contract with them so I really wouldn't be surprised if they do the same for marketing like previous years. If I had to guess, outside of COD, GTA will make the biggest splash so maybe we will hear some sort of a deal there. Ninty does have a good chunk of money on them right? A deal with R* could go a long long way

I also wouldn't be surprised to see a teaser for a game like Zelda or Smash bros. to hype the crowd up. I really don't know how much they can do with their Nintendo Network to set themselves apart, and especially above, the competition.