| Salnax said:
I'm not trying to say that. If anything, Microsoft in particular deserves credit for winning Titanfall as an exclusive despite the One being a theoretically less desirable platform for the game than the PS4 (due to the price and worse specs). But Sony also deserves credit for winning virtually every multiplatform title by making a powerful and dev-friendly platform. My intention here was to show the power of a single publisher on two of the 8th gen consoles, and how even first Microsoft and Sony's studios are outmatched by this giant. As for Nintendo not being to blame... I think Nintendo has made some big mistakes since circa late 2010, the Wii U's appproach to 3rd party development being one of them. The Wii U was too much of a compromise between Nintendo trying to be innovative and unique and their trying to appeal to the greater retail 3rd party scene. Whether Nintendo should have stuck with a cheaper console and used the Wii brand more intelligently or whether they should have gone head on against the competiition is another question entirely. Do I think EA's treatment of Nintendo has been a bad deal for gamers, Nintendo, EA, and the gaming world as a whole? Yes, but that's not what this thread is about. |
That's just how I interpreted the thread as a whole. I'm glad to see I was wrong.
That seems like a fair assessment.
