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ktay95 on 11 January 2015
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RolStoppable said:
ktay95 said:

... um well firstly only Nintendo sells on Nintendo =P (not entirely true)
Seriously though I bet a lot of those Vita games are of the very niche kind, the kind that actually sell better on Vita than 3DS.
The only other thing that beats it is PS3/4 and looking at PS4's list theirs a lot western games or games with potential in the west (as well as those with potential for both Japan and the west)... also most probaly cant run on a 3DS =P

The Vita games are niche because they are specifically designed for the platform. That's the consequence of the developers' desire to develop for PlayStation. Objectively speaking, they could just as well tailor the games they develop for the 3DS audience in which case the resulting games would be something more normal and diverse, rather than something that exploits a niche. Think of the range of games that Level 5 has put out over the years.

There isn't much Nintendo can do to convince third parties who absolutely want to make PlayStation games. That bias goes as far as openly expressing concern about the future of PlayStation platforms and taking on the responsibility to grow the installed base of Sony's devices (while Sony more or less sits idly by, unwilling or incapable themselves to sell their own systems in larger numbers). IIRC both Nippon Ichi and Square-Enix have said as much rather recently.

So uh, we should flood the market with games appealing to 1 audience?? Cause Im sure that would go down well. If you find a niche you can make a living off of why not go for it. Not everyone wants to take a risk against the big companies and not everyone should.

NIS doesnt surprise me saying that tbh. PS is where they gave made all of their money, if PS4 doesnt sell well then their games are less likely to sell well. How they would do on Nintendo is very much unproven and I guess as a small company like them they would rather not have to take such a risk.
SQEX biggest franchise Final Fantasy sells in both Japan and the west, so they need to find a console selling well in both markets. Oh and lets not forget how buddy buddy these guys have been with Sony since the PSOne days, Sony even bought stocks in them at one point.

I cant say bias doesnt exist at all, hell I would be surprised if some companies werent biased against Nintendo after the NES/SNES days but no business will choose a console for bias instead of the business best interest unless they are looking to run themselves into the ground.