In Theory: Nintendo's next-gen hardware - and the strategy behind it

[JEMC]

spemanig said:

JEMC said:
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The Gamecube didn't prove anything. People always forget that Nintendo always bottlenecks their systems. The Gamecube disks limited that console's 3rd party support. That's a fact. Nintendo, just like with every other console they've made, designed it with absolutely no regard for how it would effect 3rd party developement. There's always a reason because Nintendo always makes a reason. The day that Nintendo approaches 3rd parties for advice on how to develop their next console and how to make their lives easier is the day that Nintendo will get them.

Nintendo, every single generation, only makes the console that they need. They need to start making a console that works for 3rd parties too. And brand better. And make more western, mature, AAA, not niche games.

The limited memory of the GameCube's miniDVD wasn't such a big of a problem as some want to believe. It caused some troubles, of course, but not to the point some want to believe, and certainly it wasn't the reason why 3rd parties stopped launching their games on it while they did launch them on the Xbox with a similar userbase.

And Nintendo did take into consideration 3rd parties when developing the WiiU, that's why when it was revealed everybody said that it was easy to develop for compared to the xbox360 and PS3, but it's evident that when it comes to the hardware things go wrong at some point.

Oh, and if you really expect Nintendo to develop "more western, mature, AAA", then start looking for a comfortable chair because the wait will be very, very long. It's not in Nintendo's DNA, just like Epic Games couldn't make a good platformer. And what do you mean with "niche games"?