| TheLastStarFighter said: People saying that Nintendo should spend its money on expanding studios should know that Nintendo has already done just that. Retro moved into a much larger building this past year and now has about double+ the employees it had just a few years ago. There's also a new, much larger head quarters in Kyoto and EAD's staff has been rapidly ramped up. MonolithSoft, too, has greatly expanded, opening a second studio in Kyoto in 2011 that can work directly with Nintendo EAD. Nintendo has done a massive expansion over the last 3 years, we just aren't seeing the results of it yet. Games take time to make. That said, I wouldn't mind a new studio or two, especially in the west. Over the last number of consoles Nintendo saw weak third party support in a number of areas. #1 was RPG's, but that's been very well addressed now by Monolith. The two main shortcomings I see right now are western 1st/3rd person shooters/adventure games and sports. I think either through a new studio or further expansion of Retro Nintendo should make a few mature adventure/shooter type games. Another studio should be developed to make realistic sports. There was a time when the NES launched with Nintendo-made Baseball, Football and so on, and we have even seen licensed games in the past like Ken Griffey Jr Baseball, NHL hockey and NCAA basketball. 1st parties once made all kinds of top sports games, it baffles me that almost everyone has left the sector for EA to dominate. They are so easy to make and take in so much money. Since EA is blacklisting WiiU and 2k has weak interest, if I were Nintendo I would jump all over this. They already make good sports games, just need to ditch the Mario element for a few. So I'd make two western studios. One to make new unique western ip shooter/adventure games and one to make realistic licensed sports. |
That second paragraph is exactly what I've been thinking with this topic and exactly what I was going to type with my next post. People are saying more studios or more first party games will make third parties more upset and strain relationships further, but what has Nintendo to lose at this point? What has being nice and unaggressive done for it lately?







