spurgeonryan said:
The past is the past. I am very happy with much of Nintendo's past. Even the 3DS wrongs from the beginning have been rectified in my mind and I am getting a new one tomorrow. But let us focus on present day Nintendo. Why can't they get some games out? One game for Wii U last month......Sure they had a smorgusborg of games the month before. 3-4 games..... but what of it? We had nothing for months before that. The 3DS even had a drought for a while before the last two months. At various times in the 3DS life, it has struggled to release games as well. After last years first few months, the 3DS went on a six month drought. Even Christmastime game us little in the West. Paper Mario which has never been that big of series anyways. Then a few other smaller titles. Meanwhile, after Kid Icarus, we had a drought that would make North Africans cry. Then NSMB 2 and eventually Christmas. Then nothing again. I love Nintendo, but I am not blind.
@ Megaman
Did you see the last two E3's? Oh! That was a smarmy remark? |
Well that addressed 1 of my points.
How about the fact that games on Nintendo console have (at least since the early days of the Wii and DS), performed terribly in preorders charts and then gone on to sell well?
As to why 1st party goes through droughts and floods, there's a very obvious explanation for that.
Sony has many game development studios, they are actually bigger than Nintendos. They have some developers that Sony will not rush. Polyphony is a great example. Poly develop games at the speed they want. Sony also has developers like Media Molecule and Guerilla Games who are more flexible with release dates, and they are more willing to collaborate with 3rd parties for their development.
Now, imagine if Sony were made up of lots of Polyphonys, and no MM or GG. They would release fewer games, and they would be released in more of a drought/flood fashion. That is where Nintendo is.
