trixiemafia86 said:
We wouldn't know that till they try though. Who knows, if they put in effort to make something realistic with a good story, it can sell to the Nintendo crowd even more than a Zelda game if done right.
Imagine if the last of us was exclusive to WiiU and developed by Nintendo. that would move more consoles than wonderful 101 and pikmin combined (throw in NSMB U). IMO |
Just a reminder:
| Pos | Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Publisher | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | X360 | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 5.22 | 2.03 | 0.02 | 0.60 | 7.87 |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | PS3 | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 2.98 | 2.61 | 0.35 | 1.19 | 7.12 |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | PS4 | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 0.91 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 1.63 |
| 4 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | XOne | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 0.98 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 1.39 |
| 5 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | PC | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.45 |
| 6 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | WiiU | 2013 | Shooter | Activision | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.12 |
People don't buy Nintendo consoles to play realistic games, and those who buy Nintendo consoles play realistic games on other consoles. Breaking this trend would required great effort, starting with many losses. Sure, if Nintendo had their own "Uncharted" series they may attract some new buyers the same way Uncharted made Xbox users buy a Playstation and Halo made PS users buy an Xbox, but fact remains that they currently are unable to develop such a title. This gives them two options:
1) Their current route, securing deals with third party developers to get exclusive titles such as ZombiU.
2) Start a new first party studio and hire new people with the intention of making "mature" titles.
Ignoring that fact that Yamauchi strictly forbade Nintendo to develop +18 titles (after all, though extremely unlikely, this policy could change at some point in the future), the first option is by far the safest option. And in their current financial situation being safe is really the only option.
