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curl-6 on 21 July 2014
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spemanig said:
curl-6 said:

No it doesn't need to match them; it only needs to provide some semblence of variety in its own right. People can buy a system for Metroid or a dark new IP and still enjoy Mario Kart et al. But having only light-hearted cartoon games gives the console an unattractive image.


No one said they can't enjoy Mario Kart along with Metroid. I'm saying that numbers show they can't live on just Metroid and one or two dark IPs when next door they can get dozens every year. It does need to match them. Absolutely no one who prefers the PS4 or XBO is going to give that up for what is the sahara desert of mature IP, no matter how good those two glasses of water are. They DO need to match them, at least a little. Four "big" dark games a year is a fraction of what they offer, but that's enough, especially when they're all exclusive.

Hire 3rd party studios do create these new "hardcore" Nintendo IPs if they don't have the bandwith to do it themselves, but get it done, and do it now. I've always wanted to see an open world hack'n'slash action game. (basically an open world GOW/DMC) Hire a developer like that and have that be a new IP for Nintendo. Maybe another can be an exclusive deal like with Bayo2. Another can be a "hardcore" online multiplayer shooter, but with it's own twist. Another can be a driving fighting game like Mad Max. Done. Four games. One year.

Gamers wouldn't have to "give up" PS/Xbox though; Many Wii owners also had a PS3/360, Wii U could also sell as a second console.

As for hiring third parties to do it, that's a start, but let's face it, they're extremely unlikely to deliver the kind of quality Retro can. They need that Nintendo level of polish.