| ktay95 said: So guys, while I totally agree with you what studios could Nintendo invest in? Im looking around now to look at potential new 1st/2nd party studios. |
Nintendo could opt for Irrational games to make an exclusive for them or keep a specific game exclusive for them like How MS is paying EA to keep Titanfall away from Sony. Being that Nintendo bought Monolith who used to work with Square (which isn't very profitable), they should opt for a western dev who is big with consoles. A lot of major PC devs have already written off Nintendo for this gen including Epic and Bethesda. A one franchise exclusivity deal with EA could do the trick. Activision wont take the dive for sure and Ubisoft is sure as hell not making a new core IP for Nintendo any longer. Thats for sure. Nintendo would need to pay for it themselves. If they are willing to they could do it as long as there is no risk for the IP holders like SquareEnix, EA or Ubisoft. Taking a little risk will probably win back the good graces of these third parties and with a proper marketing campaign Nintendo could prove that these franchises belong with their crowd just as much as Mario or any other this gen. In fact they could end up being the bottom line. As Microsoft has proven, its all about marketing and perception. Nintendo is playing it cheap going with these niche Japanese developers. They might have classics on their hands but they will have low sales to boot because of the audience which has since shrunk (especially when exclusive to their platform)
