Cobretti2 said:
As for Nintendo thinking these games would be bait, agreed. Only thing I don't know is how much they were expecting these titles to sell. |
I dont have proof, but it is the same thing happened when the 360 launched. They paid activision (M$ "helped" them to bring the game to the 360) to get Guitar Hero, because it was a default PS2 exclusive, they payed to get Bully: Schollarship edition, they paid to get GTA for the 1st xbox, because those games were PS2 exclusives, and rockstars did not give a damn back then (nintendo did not paid and they got screwed till today). Console developers have sometimes to pay in order to get 3rd party support. Then after the console takes off, and if those games sell great, developers will just begin to release games for that console as an important part for their business strategy.
I know it would be weird to pay for developers to make games for your console, when it should be the other way around; but if the developers dont give damn because they earn more than enough from the other consoles and dont want to complicate the development process of certain game; the console company has to pay.








