"Satoru Iwata: Hubris versus Western Culture"

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KungKras said:

^It's not about third parties it's about investment and aggressiveness.

Nintendo could have created ten Rarewares and Retros to make western games for them with all the money they got during the Wii-peak and still have a lot left. Then western third parties could have gone fucking themselves if they still refused to give support. Nintendo would have been fine.
Building an over seas first party development base is an excellent strategy, it helped Sega almost topple the SNES, it gave Sony a lot of games. This is well documented since the 16-bit era.

I think there's a quote of Iwata with something about Nintendo being an exporter of Japanese culture. Could something ideological be why Nintendo hasn't invested overseas. (everything else Nintendo did agressively overseas was because of Howard Lincoln)

First of all, I agree wholeheartedly about Nintendo needing to "colonize" more in western game development. Second, I read that article on Lincoln, and boy did I learn something today. Lincoln has more asswhipping ability in his toenail shavings than Reggie's entire body.