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darkknightkryta on 19 August 2013
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Soundwave said:
darkknightkryta said:
Soundwave said:

I'm not even sure Pikmin 3 will recoup its development costs, as its probably the most expensive Pikmin game to make and will likely end up selling the least of the series.

So W101 was always in tough.

Nintendo's best bet with the game is to push the buy Pikmin 3 + W101 line and get $30 off on the eShop.

Unfortunately I think both 101 and Bayo2 probably won't do as well as Nintendo was banking on and Platinum and Nintendo will cut ties after Bayo2 ships. Nintendo tends to bail on 2nd party partners when they are unprofitable.

Examples?  I'm not too familiar with Nintendo's second party other than ... xenoblade's production company... MONOLITH!!  That's the name.


Rare and Factor 5 both got dumped as sales of their games declined. Silicon Knights was let go after both ED and MGS: TS didn't perform great either. Left Field was also let go as 1080 Avalanche didn't perform all that great. Nintendo tends to cut bait quickly if they view a development partner as a declining or non-profitable asset.

If Bayonetta 2 does not pull in a tidy profit for Nintendo, my guess is that's the last of Nintendo working with Platinum.

Rare was a sad case.  Factor 5 was more or less them going on their own; though you're right about Nintendo being wishy/washy with them.  Silicon Knights is another story; Dyack is an idiot and apparently he was happy to be gone from Nintendo.  Never heard of Left Field :/