Why is it so hard for Nintendo to release games for it's systems?

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Nintendo isn't the victim of a unfair circumstance, or of a unfair prejudice. They are the victim of a situation that they have caused, and one they have the power to change. The lack of third party support has everything to do with the platform being nothing less then unprofitable for the majority of third party developers. If there was real money to be made there. Then that is where they would be, and if they hadn't bled cash for years trying. More of them would be up for the challenge. In the final analysis it is all on Nintendo for letting their platform become a barren wasteland.

During the last generation a number of third party developers extended the olive branch. They gave the brand another chance, and they gave the loyalists another chance. Those efforts almost universally resulted in disasters for their respective developers. They got burned, and that is after having been burned during the previous two generations. Can you really lay the blame on them for doing something so simple as taking the hint. Nintendo is to blame, but so are the fans for not encouraging third party support, and isn't as if you guys had to buy awful games to show your support. A lot of third party developers put forward really solid efforts. Sometimes in periods where the console wasn't even getting first party games, and they still didn't sell like they ought have.

It isn't Nintendo that is the victim here. It is the third parties who had the audacity to try to make friends of their player base, and got spat on for their efforts. Ultimately that means that Nintendo has relationships to mend. Thanks not only to their own failures, but the failures of their fans. That isn't something that is out of their control. They have a lot more control over this situation then most of you seem to think they do.

Nintendo dictates its own licensing fees. For both games and development kits. They could encourage more third party development by doing something so simple as cutting those fees, or dropping them entirely for some developers. Especially for smaller third party studios who are looking for a audience and a niche. Nintendo also has substantial marketing muscle, and frankly they need to start throwing that behind third party developers. You don't see Sony or Microsoft having a problem with advertising third party games, and getting the gaming market really interested in them now do you. Nintendo also has more then enough bank to fund some third party development.

Look Nintendo knows it has a problem. They have said so themselves many times over. They have a bad relationship with third parties. What they need to do is stop thinking only of themselves, and only of their games, and start doing things to make other developers more successful. Nintendo is actually doing about the worst thing possible. They have created a audience that is conditioned only to buying games from them, and everyone else might as well be damned. Basically all they are doing right now it paying lip service, and trying to get by without actually doing anything about it. They say it is a problem, but it is plain that they don't think they really have a problem.

It is a shame really, and it will probably be the death of them. They really need a supporting team to keep their platform relevant if not alive moving forward. Oh I think Nintendo is finally going to get the idea into their heads that it is a problem they have to throw serious effort into solving, but I also think they will get there too late, and like the boy who cried wolf. Third parties aren't going to believe that they are sincere. By the way if you want to stop reading threads like these then deep down you know what you need to do. Go buy some third party exclusives.

I for one am kind of disappointed in the Nintendo player base according to the sales posted on this site. The Wii has some good games on it that were they on another platform would do much better in the sales department. Explain to me why Pandora's Tower has sales of less then a third of Too Human's when that game scores poorer on a smaller install base. You guys do know the Wii U is backwards compatible and all. With a lack of games so why aren't some of you picking this game up. Reward the publisher who had the gall to bring this to the North American marketplace.