| badgenome said: According to CBOAT, this has already happened! I don't think it's an entirely meaningless term. For example Game Freak is technically independent, even though they never work with anybody but Nintendo anymore. I'd be surprised if Nintendo is interested in that kind of a relationship with Platinum. They were getting ready to kill off Fire Emblem if Awakening didn't push 250k units. How are they going to feel about an expensive HD game that isn't even going to sniff 250k? Platinum tends to make a lot of these... |
I know what you mean, though I think Nintendo owns a large chunk of Game Freak. Besides, pissing off Nintendo would lose them their Pokemon-shaped meal ticket.
The only reason Nintendo would woo Platinum would be if they were dead serious about winning back core gamers in the non-platforming demographics and were willing to take losses on that front. They're probably doing that with Bayonetta 2, which probably won't sell that well, though it remains to be seen if that's a token attempt or not.
