| Multishanks said: I have been seeing a lot of wishful thinking about Nintendo's next hardware being third party friendly as some like to call it.
STOP DOING THIS TO YOURSELVES. They will never be that because their business model doesn't include that.
Even when they had the most successful consoles, some of which had plenty of third party games, they were NOT "third party friendly". Examples in clude the NES, SNES and Wii.
From what Nintendo has stated recently that is not going to change. Miyamoto recently revealed that Nintendo's internal studios, remember this, have begun design work on the next hardware. Not too suprising really. However, a lot of people are feeling that this will be "third party friendly" due to unconfirmed rumours.
You know what is confirmed? That Nintendo will be consulting their own internal studios and not third party publishers. So stop doing this to yourselves. Just wait to see what it turns out to ve and judge accordingly. |
Miyamoto saying that they started work on their next console means nothing. Sony and MS have also started by now.
They absolutely DO consult third parties on the designs of their consoles. They didn't get the power right, but it doesn't mean that they don't listen. Source What they don't do is pay for marketing, and bribe for content like Sony/MS, though they did that in the past.
What is your definition of "third party friendly", because when they unveiled the Wii U, there was a LOT of praise, a LOT of it; even from developers that haven't worked with Nintendo a lot in the past like Crytek, Epic Games, and Irrational. What happened between E3 2011 and Nov. 2012? Is it Iwata's fault that most of them bailed before the console even launched? They sure as heck sounded like they were satisfied at E3. If third parties hated the Wii U, then why did they all smile and put on a facade for fanboys? In '06 before the Wii launched, several developers called it a "GCN 1.5". That didn't happen with the Wii U. I don't know if it's poor communication or what, but if they don't like something, then they should be upfront about it. It's not like Nintendo can't improve as well (online, eShop restrictions, specs), but I don't see the logic in completely placing them at fault here.
As for the future, the Wii U will be a bitter pill to swallow. Believe me, they definitely WANT third party support, but whether or not they actually get it remains to be seen.
