outlawauron said:
Conegamer said:
osed125 said:
Imo the second analog nub isn't necessary for the Japanese audience, look how great is doing without it, developers don't need it (the only game I can think of that will really benefit from it is Monster Hunter), but from a western perspective I think most of them need it, either for making a FPS or having an easier way to control the camera and I think that's the main reason we won't see much third-party support from western developers anytime soon.
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Nintendo hasn't struggles really without 3rd party support (and they've had a fair bit with the 3DS so far), so I don't think they worry.
I have 9 3DS games, all from Japanese devs, either Nintendo, Capcom, Namco, Squeenix or Sega.
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They haven't struggled from a portable standpoint, but it was the reason for the early end of their console. Stronger 3rd party support and higher SW sales would have likely kept the Wii U away for another year.
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The Wii was in a different position, though, because it was always a 'fad'. It didn't have the power to keep up with the constantly changing environment, so games couldn't be created for all 3 consoles easily. This problem won't happen with the 3DS, as it'll likely be the lead console for many games due to it being in a much better situation sales-wise. So devs, and therefore games, will adapt to what they have, and that's a touchscreen and a single analogue nub.
