| Jazz2K said:
It doesn't bother me if Sony and MS do this because their business covers more than gaming. They also push possibilities in gaming further (don't hate me for saying this, it's the truth) by making consoles that are cutting edge which allows developers to use impressive engines (I hear ya PC gamers but consoles are different) with physics, graphics, control schemes and all. Nintendo thinks different and makes consoles to fit their criteria but by doing this, third parties lose interrest in making games for them. Most of the time they get shoddy ports and/or don't get them at all. In a market that sees development costs rising but also sees an expansion of it's demographic, third parties will try to put their games in as many hands as possible and try as much as they can to lower development costs leaving exotic consoles in the dust. Nintendo makes exotic consoles with non conventional control schemes and power. Third parties rarely use these controls efficiently resulting in bad games most of the time. On Nintendo consoles, people buy Nintendo games for a reason. It's like they release a console only for them not caring much for third parties. |
I appreciate your opinion on this matter, but I have to disagree. I think the paragraph I quoted above actually makes a more convincing case for Microsoft or Sony to exit the hardware business, not Nintendo.
Nintendo should stay in the game BECAUSE they make unorthodox systems. Because they give fans new ways to experience games. I play my Xbox because I want to play its exclusives, and I play PS3 because I want to play its exclusives. If I wanted cutting edge I would invest in a gaming computer.
