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oniyide on 14 April 2014
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Mr Khan said:
UltimateUnknown said:
Mr Khan said:
SubiyaCryolite said:
Power alone isn't enough. The 64 and the Cube ignored key industry trends/expectations (e.g storage) and both Microsoft and Sony are active in garnering support. Nintendo could have a system on par with the PS5 next gen but if they maintain the same working attitudes it would fail.

The question is if third parties will ever bother to meet them halfway. We saw outreach before the Wii U came out, and then the system arrived and aside from the wave of launch games, support is worse than ever.

I think the main issue here is the fact that Nintendo don't seem to make any serious attempts to get 3rd party support. They just assume that 3rd party will just jump on board their console for miraculous reasons, even when they provide very little to no support to 3rd parties.

We see that both Sony and MS go out of their ways to help advertise and even fund many 3rd party titles in various ways. In fact we've come to the point where 3rd parties have a big say in shaping home consoles as well, as seen by the design and support for the PS4.

Nintendo on the other hand isn't even remotely close to building such relationships with a lot of 3rd parties.

It's a chicken-or-egg problem, though. Nintendo also funds third party titles which they feel are worth funding (three-game deal with Sega on Sonic, or their alleged Monster Hunter moneyhat), but how many third parties have even come to Nintendo with games that are worth funding? Hell, Ninty gave money for Ninja Gaiden 3 (not that i'm complaining, as i rather liked Razor's Edge), a game widely reviled. To get top-billing for the games that are "worth" it (like, say, Assassin's Creed), Nintendo would have to really ante up, beyond whatever Sony's offering, and Ubisoft would have to see the value in that.

I think you just answered your own question. Look at the games you listed taht they funded. Sonic? come on he hasnt been that relevant since Genesis days. MH? thats good...in Japan. Ninja Gaiden?!!! please that game got a superior release on the PS360 ANYWAY so what did they accomplish there? Those are small fry, you said yourself they have to get top billing games and no its not the responsibility of the 3rd parties to approach them. THEY have to approach 3rd parties. And im not talking just Japanese ones, I love that culture and games but they are nowhere near as relevant as they used to be. And even then there big games are skipping WIi U. I dont see KH3, FF15 or MGS coming soon.