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oniyide on 03 November 2014
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Deeds said:
oniyide said:
Deeds said:

The third party devs in the west (except maybe Ubisoft) are clueless as how to succeed on a Nintendo platform. Some Japanese devs (Tecmo Koei, Namco, Capcom, Level-5) have an little idea of how to do it. I hope the Japanese devs continue to try, because as Nintendo has shown with Wii U and 3DS, big profits can be made for those who are patient and persistent.


Do they now? What games are these companies putting out for the WIi U soon? There own games, not something Ninty paid them to do like a fancy mercenary. THe next Resident Evil is skipping BOTH Ninty platforms as far as I know. Doesnt seem the new Tekken is heading to WIi U either. 

Namco and Capcom has figured out that to be successful on a Nintendo console, you have to parther with Nintendo and create exclusive software that targets their audience. Resident Evil fits neither decsription. Capcom's strategy towards Resident Evil makes sense. Why do you bring up Tekken? Tekken like RE wont be successful on a Nintendo console where most of that audience is busy with Smash. Again, Pokken is the right direction for Namco. Third party devs thinking they can compete with Nintendo's own software on their own hardware with multiplatform games are for lack of a better word "foolish".


yeah i was wondering about this whole competing thing? it doesnt make sense. It never made sense. It is just something that people made up to justify why a game doesnt do well on a Nintendo console. COD in no way competes with anything Nintendo puts on its system because it doesnt make anything like it. Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed, Resident Evil, Tekken. Its fallacy, hell there are LOT of genres that Ninty doesnt even touch. RPGs(western style) 3rd person shooters. FPSs, adventure/action games (ala TombRaider & Uncharted), fighting games (im putting it down because Smash plays very different than other fighters). Racing games (not kart) Sport sims.

If anything these games should do well since they otherwise wouldnt exist on Ninty console since Ninty isnt making those games anyway. As for your strategy. No Thats not a strategy. Its simply Ninty walking up to these guys giving them some money to produce a game FOR them. They are not for 3rd parties. I highly doubt these companies are going to Nintendo im sure its Nintendo going to THEM. No 3rd party is at the beck and call of Ninty. THey dotn need to be. I brought up Tekken and Resident Evil because they are two of the companies biggest series respectively. They put Tekken Tag on there and a Tekken game on 3ds...last year they both flopped and dont pretend it had anything to do with Smash there was enough distance in release where one wouldnt effect the other, hell the WIi U one hasnt even released yet. Funny how every Ninty system since N64 (GB series notwithstanding) has hosted a Resident Evil game or two. Now all of a sudden its not a good fit? interesting.