| melbye said: It could be identical to Xbone and PS4 in every way possible and developers would still come up with reasons to not make games for it, publisher would still come up with reasons to not publish games for it and consumers would still come up with reasons to not buy it. |
I think this generally is a myth.
Third parties simply want a platform that
1.) Keeps up with modern advances in hardware technology and is a large upgrade from previous generation machines.
2.) Doesn't have some kind of weird media format that's out of step with the rest of the industry or some other fatal hardware defect.
3.) Is not overly kid-centric or casual-centric in its design or marketing, as this scares off many hardcore players (this point is overlooked a lot). In that the design/marketing of a console should be "neutral" enough that it lines up with a widest variety of games from shooting games, sports games, to licensed kids properties.
I.E.: Rockstar's biggest franchise is Grand Theft Auto. Konami's is Metal Gear Solid. Square-Enix's is Final Fantasy. EA's is Madden NFL and Battlefield. Ubi Soft's is Assassin's Creed. If you're trying to pitch these companies a hardware platform that's overly skewed to the kids or soccer mom demographic, you're going to have problems, because third parties feel more comfortable on hardware platforms that line up with the demographics of their top IP.
The last time Nintendo made a hardware platform that fit the above criteria was the Super NES, which got a ton of developer support. The N64 got 1 and 3 right, the GameCube got 1 and 2 right, the Wii got no.2 right. The SNES and NES were the only two Nintendo platforms that got the full triforce right.
