Cobretti2 said:
Well this is what I think. They did listen to developers mainly EA with their unprecident support and hang holding at E32012. Then origin happened and we all knwo what happened there. I think EA lead them down the wrong path with the false promise of games. Saying all that Nintendo should have listened to more than EA and got a broader opinion on what devs wanted. However as many have ases before countless times on these forums would 3rd parties jump onboard? They sure didn't on Gamecube or even Wii for that matter when it was market leader by a huge marging, so what would differ in this scenario? We have heard many excuses from 3rd parties over the years why they don't develope games for Nintendo consoles like: 1. We can't compete with Nintendo games - a stupid reason cause the games they make don't compete with them as different genres. 2. The hardware is too weak. 3. Nintendo needs to grow the market for us - do they really? 3rd parties is what made Sony and Microsoft grow, so 4rd parties grw their markets. 4. We testing the waters on Wii - yer with crap games that no one asked for and even publically annouced theycrao by gamers. 5. We will develope when Wii U base grows - well PS4 and Xbox One is 0 atm, games sell consoles not console sell games. 6. Nintendo gamers are all talk - partially true as even the good ports that arent too old didn't sell well, but you won't convince them to waste money on watered down ports with missing features and at full retail price against better discounted versions. Not to mention some games that have launched had nice special editions on the other systems with bonus stuff like sound tracks and books but Wii U was jsut a standard game only. etc..
The problem here is: Nintendo is stubborn 3rd parties are stubborn Nintendo gamers are stubborn
Until everyone stops being stubborn, Nintendo consoles will never flurish in an all round way like a sony or micrososft console. They will be destined to be NIntendo game consoles only and the Nintendo fan base is shrinking due to the fact their games have really offered no new experiences. How can this change? well the best start is the gamers, they need to support games like Watch Dogs, Rayman, Splinter Cell to show that there is a market for 3rd parties. There litrally is no excuses as they will be launching at the same time or infact ahread of some versions. |
Why should I pay the same $59.99 for Watch Dogs on Wii U when the PS4 version at the same price likely will have higher resolution graphics (1080p), better visuals, and quite likely a better frame rate also?
I like to support Nintendo when it makes sense, but I'm not buying any multi-plat on the Wii U unless it's the best version of the game available to me.
As far as Rayman goes, Ubi Soft can suck it. I would have bought the game probably in spring or summer when there was no competetion, but in the fall I'd rather spend that money on Wonderful 101 or Pikmin 3.