| Fusioncode said: Then explain why nobody bought ACIV? It was a great game, released at the same time as the 360 and PS3 versions, hell it released well before the PS4 and XBO versions, yet it still sold incredibly poorly. |
You've answered your own question.
I am a Nintendo only owner, but I wouldn't consider myself a Nintendo fan. I buy games I like and I don't care where they are developed or who published them. I almost stopped gaming all toghether before the Wii because gaming was becomming more and more infected with the attitude that AC IV is a great game. In my taste Assassins Creed is borderline unplayable; and I did buy both III and IV unfortunately.
Nintendo does their thing, they have a philosophy of what kinds of games they make and they do it. Better than anyone else. It also aligns much better with what I am looking for from a video game then most other developers. Result? I buy many Nintendo games, tons of indie games and some 3rd party games. It's not Nintendo's responsibility to get me to buy anything other than their own games. A much better question would be: "What should third parties do to get Nintendo fans to buy their games?". If Bungie spent their time on a great looking local multi player sack racing sim I'd be all over it, instead they are working on some tripe first person shooter thing probably with a "deep story" single player campaign as well. The kind of stuff I can't stand. Why should I buy it? To encourage thrid parties to make more games that I don't like? Where's all the complaining that Naughty Dog needs to diversify what they are doing and stop producing the same game over and over? Where are the games I want from these devlopers? You will never see me make that asinine argument because it's retarded. Companies are responsible for making a product and marketing it and then the people who like it will buy it.
I never buy more than one console, and I never will. So, as a result I will not play a number of games no matter what system I buy. So my decission is guided by where I will find the most games I'll enjoy. To me that system is teh Wii U and so I don't spend one second sweating over missing out on games. In all honesty, the only game I am missing that I would have bought if it was available on Wii U is a hockey sim. I am not going to buy another system to play one hockey game though.
