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Multishanks on 05 August 2014
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QuintonMcLeod said:
routsounmanman said:
I'm glad; Nintendo's at their best when they're cornered.


I agree with this statement... However, as for everybody else predicting doom and gloom over AAA 3rd parties, people are neglecting to realize one thing... AAA 3rd party developers are dying, and they are dying at a rapid pace.

It isn't that the Wii U has no AAA 3rd party support. It's that Nintendo is no longer concerned with AAA 3rd parties. Sony is following this same trend. Only Microsoft appears to be going for these AAA developers. Nowadays, both Nintendo and Sony are focused on the indie market.

The fact to the matter is that the video game industry is changing. It can no longer support big budget, hollywood style, blockbuster, AAA 3rd party games. Look at last generation. Over 130 3rd party developers went belly up. This generation is seeing a rapid increase of these same third parties disappearing. As budgets begin to balloon, more companies either go completely out of business, bought out and etc. Or, they produce the same games over and over again - afraid to innovate for the fear of producing a flop and going completely under.

Once again, AAA developers are dying. It isn't that the Wii U is losing support. Rather, it's that there are fewer and fewer AAA third parties to create any game for any system whatsoever. Look at Japan. It used to be a haven of AAA 3rd party developers. Now look at it. There's hardly any more of them around. Now western 3rd parties are feeling the same sting. It's only going to be a matter of time until there's just a handful of these AAA 3rd party developers. By this time, the indie scene will be the everyday scene. 

Pretty much this. You hit the nail on the head and the biggest evidence was their E3 presentation. They showed the indies off more than they ever had before. Third party AAA budget games are dying as a profitable business model. EA and Ubisoft are trying to expand their services to store fronts and subscription services. Not to mention they as well as activision are looking to get as much exclusive funding feom MS and Sony as possible for their releases.

Hell the company in question is having a very hard time keeping their head above the water, and all they been releasing beside exclusive titles ard ports and digital games. Ah well I hope the big three really invest in their first party stuff and indie games like No Man's Sky.