| Zucas said: Unless Nintendo starts to expand their horizons though, these profits they are making are probably their peaks. As there isn't really much higher they can get in their current situation. They need to start expanding their game development by buying more developers. Which means we could get more first party games haha. Wouldn't it be amazing if Nintendo bought a small but still sizeable Japanese developer. Such as maybe Tecmo, seeing as their close relationship lately. This is what NIntendo needs to do if they want to continue to expand their profits. |
I think that Nintendo is investing their money beck into game development, as we can see with the Fatal Frame IV deal and the mysterious Factor 5 deal. It just seems that rather than simply gobbling up studios and setting them to work on Nintendo games, they're making partnerships with studios as a financer and publisher of projects on Nintendo platforms.
It seems that Nintendo is wary of going down the road of neverending acquisitions and consolidations. They've seen this strategy flounder for companies like EA and Take 2, so they're choosing to be cautious (as always) and retain their small company size and the flexibility that affords them.
So they lend support to third parties to ameliorate some of their risks and give them some access to Nintendo's top-rate development resources. In return, Nintendo will reap more than just licensing fees when these games hit the market.
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