VGKing said:
Gamerace said:
VGKing said:
Gamerace said:
Nintendo develops/publishes FAR more titles than Sony and MS
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That's just not true. Why do 3rd parties support Sony? Think about that and then explain to me why Nintendo can't do the same.
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Because Sony (and MS) make games in the same style for the same audience as most 3rd parties. IE: Drake's Fortune and God of War will appeal to the same demographics that also like Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty.
Except for maybe Sega, no one makes games like Nintendo does anymore. People who buy a system for Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Wii____ titles, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, etc., etc., are often not into the games 3rd parties make. That is blanently clear from 3rd party sales on games going all the way back to Gamecube on multi-plat titles. People buy Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games. They might get some 3rd party stuff but looking at the top selling games on any Nintendo platform and it's obvious, people are buying Nintendo games in far larger amounts. Not so with Sony where 3rd party games dominate the top sales.
That being the case, 3rd parties are naturally going to put their games primarily on those systems where they have the best chance of selling.
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Is it not Nintendo's duty to expand their audience and create an environment where these 3rd party games can sell well?
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Nintendo did a FAR FAR better job then Sony/MS at expanding their audience with Wii/DS but it availed most 3rd parties little.
Nintendo also does not depend primarily on 3rd party software to sell their systems (until MS and to a lesser extend Sony), they always depend primarily on their own software to sell their systems. So they will always create (or attempt to) an environment which is best suited to the success of their franchises. Since their IPs do not mess with 3rd Party's IP this is not a successful environment for traditional 3rd party fare, but when they innovate (like Petz, Just Dance, EA Sport Active) they can find great success within the Nintendo environment.
