When is Nintendo going to surrender?

[pokoko]

Anfebious said:

pokoko said:

That's fine, Nintendo can do business how they wish, but so can everyone else.  It's not even as much about throwing money as it is about establishing a partnership.  Business isn't about favors, it's about doing what is best for your company, period.  Sony and Microsoft have always worked harder to make their partnerships as mutually beneficial as possible.  That is what third-parties like and I do not blame them one bit.

Quite honestly, most companies that do business the way Nintendo does business fail.  They owe their very existance to the quality of their software.  Their game development studios save their ass.

Well it worked for 30 years so I am pretty sure that it's a solid bussiness strategy. Owning your very existence to the quality of your software and surviving for 30 years is not failing at all. Depending on others to further improve your bussiness is a shakier bussiness model.

Maybe you're right.  Maybe Nintendo's problems are all the fault of others.  Maybe Sony and Microsoft are doing it wrong by paying attention to third parties.  I guess we'll see.