rocketpig on 11 April 2008
And Rocketpig, while Nintendo has dicked over third party developers for a good long time, that Nintendo died when the company was reformatted during the later part of the Gamecube's lifespan when Reggie and Iwata were made the Presidents. Nintendo has since bent over backwards for third party developers since then, but the fact that Nintendo refuses to throw away money like MS does and Sony did to bribe them to develop for their console seems to make them the villain once again. Sure, they could easily buy exclusivity to a number of games, but the problem then is that becomes the standard and is a non-maintainable means of sustaining a relationship with a third party developer. It also results in you entering a market where the incentive to build a good game is completely null and void.
Absolutely. I mentioned in an earlier post how Nintendo is a very different company now. I also mentioned that it will take more than 16 months for developers to come back to the console in large numbers. It will happen, just be patient.
And you're right about how MS and Sony are artificially maintaining this industry with large doses of hard, cold cash. Fortunately, Nintendo came in with a completely different attitude and is proceeding to mop the floor with both of them. Next generation, this loss-leading strategy will be thrown out the window and we'll enjoy a healthy, profitable industry without fear of it all crashing down on our heads.
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