| IsawYoshi said: I agree that Nintendo haven't invested enough back to us, but this is business. They have a way to do it, and unlike sony and ms way it isn't currently making tons of devs go bankrupt. |
^^ THIS!
There have been so many studio closures over the past 2 years, and massive job losses.
And what do most of these cases have in common? They were primarily developers for MS and SONY products. These 2 companies have created an expensive, high risk development ecosystem. It costs a huge amount to release a game on the system (with marketing needed to get the customers) and so many games are released with massive losses being recorded.
Yes, the console hardware is extremely important to the industry, having some standardised platforms provides stability, but the game creators and developers are the key to a sustainable industry, and what MS and SONY provide is a very volitile situation.
Current Game Machines: 3DS, Wii U, PC.
Currently Playing: X-Com(PC), Smash Bros(WiiU), Banner Saga(PC), Guild Wars 2(PC), Project X Zone(3DS), Luigis Mansion 2(3DS), DayZ(PC)
