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S.T.A.G.E. on 22 July 2013
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Soundwave said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo needs to remember what made them so great. Third parties bolstering their first party ranks. Sony understood this which is why Nintendo fanfare was so easily lost.


That was 20+ years ago now. Nintendo is a different company and third parties I think are going to be massively whittled down in the coming years.

They want to pursue the Hollywood blockbuster movie model, but the truth is the Hollywood blockbuster model only allows for a few huge budget movies every year from 5-6 major studios and that's basically it.

Nintendo I think removed themselves from that path years ago, and if Wii U flops, I think they'll push away from it even further.

They're also more in tune with the needs of the Japanese market, I think if the Japanese consumer rejects the idea of a home console going forward, then I think Nintendo is going to shift away from a dedicated home console as well.

Sony/MS can go ahead and proceed with their 32GB of RAM for next gen or whatever, lol.


Nintendo is more in tune with the Japanese market with the 3DS which holds the old rudimentary rules and very little change. Small but fun and challenging mascot games for your money complete with decent third party support. The Japanese support will not dwindle there because they dont have to push themselves to the limit like western devs. 

Nintendo did not remove themselves, they were acting like children not moving forward out of spite. Nintendo was the company that contracted Sony to make the CD based device for their console and then dropped them because they found out how much Sony charged last minute. Devs wanted new formats that could hold more space and their third party titles help both the Japanese and Americans switch sides.

Not all of Sonys games are movie-like experiences, but Sony & Naughty Dog since the 90's had always had the goal of achieving what 3D animated movies possess and giving it the masses to be played and experienced. At the same time together they ended up revolutionizing it. The Japanese don't really care about that though. The Japanese will support Nintendo if Japan comes to Tokyo Game Show with strong high quality Japanese made games. Not just quality in graphics and vastness, but story, structure and possibly new gameplay to challenge the Japanese gamer. 

Miyamoto blames the Japanese gamer for giving up, but I think its because Japanese companies gave up on them. In the end they cannot ignore the money. This gen westerners proved they had evolved beyond the Japanese. Its time for Japan to take the crown back.