DanneSandin said:
DélioPT said:
I think that Wii U showed how frail is Nintendo's position in the home console segment.
Even with the PS3, Sony wasn't in such a bad position as the Wii U. And the difference is about what people expect from a Sony home console and what people expect from a Nintendo home console.
It's not just about the name of the company of what games they put out.
3DS is above 40 million units, so it can't just be about the games Nintendo makes.
In that sense, Nintendo needs to be the best at what they do, but they also need to realise - and i think Wii U was a wake up call - that the home console market expects something different.
Nintendo sold around 20m N64s just in the US because it catered to that market: exclusive sports titles, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, etc.
Nintendo created a market for 3rd parties and they followed.
It didn't with the GC and we know how that ended. Same for Wii U aswell.
Wii U could have an online infrastructure equal to MS or Sony's and things would still be bad.
The only things that really keeps holding Nintendo back on the home console is the market that Nintendo decides to "create" in it's home console business.
That's what is holding Nintendo back with the Wii U: where are the exclusive games from genres that gamers love?
It's time Nintendo puts it's money to good use and start building studios that can give all gamers exclusive content, the same way they did during the N64.
Only then will the home console segment thrive again.
Actually, that's why the fusion idea is so vital for Nintendo: they can develop enough games per year that work on both systems, while at the same time, investing money and human resources - which would be used for a second platform - and create studios or new franchises that they normally don't develop in-house.
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Yeah, I kinda feel like we, the fans, have been arguing this point for quite a while. I know I have at least. Opening up new studios that cater to a wider variaty of gamers would serve them well, especially if it's Western studios. Why not open a daughter company publishing Western "adult" games?
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Western studios are what they need. They already have good relationships with japanese developers.
And if the Fusion strategy becomes a reality, all the japanese developers who would naturally develop for the handheld, with little effort - and supportted by Nintendo -, would also bring those same games for the home console.
They need those western games that only western studios are making.
They need to start now because those sutdios take time to build, to prepare the staff and to actually make games.
Even if they start tomorrow, the results won't be seen until next generation starts. Which would be a good way to launch next gen - by putting out new franchises.
Nintendo would benefit from publishing those games themselves to help change their image in the west.
