The Nintendo Conspiracy

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Soundwave said:

TheLastStarFighter said:
People confuse the conspiracy with reality. There is no organized movement by third parties behind the scenes to make Nintendo systems fail. So there is no conspiracy. There is, however, a reality where it is in the best interests of many third parties for Nintendo to not be the lead platform because a) they don't want to compete with the world's biggest software publisher b) they want their titles to be the lead games on platforms (ie COD on XBOX) and c) Nintendo will not build hardware to the specs 3rd parties want and sell it at a loss to make 3rd parties happy.

Good post. 

I'd just add to that:

d) demographics ... Sony/MS market almost entirely to the same demographics that the majority of the third parties do, at least with their big gun franchises that being hardcore male gamers aged 12-35. So that makes third parties favor those platforms more for games like Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear Solid. You notice there is no bias against Nintendo from most family/fitness based third party titles ... Nintendo gets all the LEGO games, Disney Infinity, Skylanders, Just Dance, fitness games, Scribblenauts, Sonic, Rayman, etc. Why? Because Nintendo has Mario, DK, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Pokemon, Kirby, etc. and third parties figure the demographics are there for cartoony/family/casual based fare. And Nintendo markets specifically to the family/kid audience. 

Beyond that I don't think Iwata-era Nintendo really bothers to engage Western 3rd parties much or at all on a regular basis. They work with Japanese devs on things like Monster Hunter and Yokai Watch and Dragon Quest bundles ... but in the West? Almost nada. I think they are simply out of touch with the Western dev community that is aggressively courted by Sony/MS all the time.

This. Bravo. Perfect.

It needs to be quoted.