Nintendo and 3rd Party Development: Solving the Problem

[Mnementh]

pokoko said:

Mnementh said:
OP basically says, Nintendo should copy the strategy of Sony and Microsoft and abandon the fanbase they have. That might work - or not. Nintendo at the moment caters to gamers that Sony and Microsoft ignore or are unable to get to them. You say Nintendo should give up on these gamers (so that they have no platform to play on). Because seemingly the market of Sony and MS doesn't give a shit about mature games on Nintendo-platforms like Zelda:TP at Wii-launch, as long as this is poisoned by a game for the other group: Wii Sports. So to get to Microsonys market Nintendo have to completely abandon the gamers that prefer Just Dance over Battlefield.

I didn't say that at all.  Not even close.  Honestly, I have no idea where you got that from.  I said absolutely nothing about abandoning anything.  You don't have to abandon when you expand.

Did Microsoft abandon Halo when they launched Kinect?  Did Sony abandon God of War when they launched Little Big Planet?

Did Nintendo drop Kirby when they picked up Bayonetta 2?

All I'm saying is that Nintendo ignoring other genres makes it more likely that those who like those other genres will pick up another console.  There is nothing revolutionary in that.

The Wii had the more mature games. At launch it had Zelda:TP and red Steel. In 2007 it got Metroid Prime 3 and RE 4. But all focused on Wii Sports and said the Wii was a casual console. So the only way to establish a different image as you recommend is too drop all games like Wii Sports and only concentrate on Core-games. Because Nintendo had a mix of games at start with the Wii. But the image of the console was dominated only by the casual games. So yes, you might think you could change the image without dropping the expanded userbase, but in reality it is obviously not possible.