Is Nintendo's third-party ecosystem really in danger?

[DanneSandin]

oniyide said:

DanneSandin said:

oniyide said:

DanneSandin said:

RolStoppable said:
Summary: Nothing has changed. The biggest obstacle to third party success are still third parties themselves. Also, Western publishers still suck hard on handhelds.

What I don't understand is why don't they step up their game? They could sell just as much as Nintendo, but they prefer to do crappy games (well, not all of them) and complain about how they can't sell games on Nintendo HW...

you can count on one hand how much 3rd party games sell as well as Nintendo games period. GTA, COD, JD. two of those were adapted for portables with varying results. GTA games did ok to good on PSP, not so much DS.  COD games sold like crap on DS and the one PSP entry did alright. I would like to see a JD on 3DS, not cause i would buy it, just to see if people would

Well, ok, I worded that wrong. Very, very few games can match Nintendo sales - but the truth is, that if they'd bothered they (3rd party) could have done much better on Nintendo consoles. I mean, a lot of Wii owners got themselves a second console just to play 3rd party games. That's evidence for my theory right there; 3rd parties could do well on Nintendo consoles - whether it's handheld or home.

And how much of those 3rd party games sold as well as as those Ninty ones on Wii, how well would they have done on Wii? Hell how much of those PS360 3rd party games could even RUN on Wii and when I mean run, im not talking about barely like how the COD games have extreme pop up, and the online lags to all hell to the point where you have to shoot where the person might be at and lower player count. Judging by the sales of the multiplat games that did come out, im guessing not much. 

Im not defending 3rd parties, but im also not condeming them, Ninty games sell better, its just the way it is.

Thing is, with a machine like the Wii, you can't just port any game and expect it'll sell well. You need to use the machine. They could have done awesome boxing games, for an example. And there was some great 3rd party games that really took advantage of Wii: Just Dance (or whatever it's called) by Ubisoft. Those games sold like crazy! THAT'S what 3rd parties need to do: use the HW! There's one simple fact why 3rd party titles sell so well on PS360: not even the 1st party games uses the hardware - so there's less competition!! Sure, they've got great graphics - but they are not utilizing the machines like Nintendo maximized the Wii.

3rd parties need to be more creative when it comes to Nintendos consoles. As simple as that.