To this article I instantly say "Bullshit."
1) They disagree that Nintendo should try to entice people to make more games for their console DOES NOT have any similarity to Atari destroying the industry. This author's forgetting basic video game history, like Atari charged next to nothing to make a game on their console, no quality control, no review systems, a majority of the games were crap, and so on... With all the modern standards, review websites, and a more structured system to make games, it's much easier for people to avoid stinkers and simply go for the best.
2) This guy really thinks all developers are evil, doesn't he? I mean, he constantly portrays them as money-sucking leeches who'll only make a good game on a bribe. That's just a mean-spirited way of looking at the entire industry. Yeah, there's some bad groups like EA, but a lot of 3rd party developers just want to feel like you're incorporating them in your idea. Don't you remember what Bethesda head said about them?
3) Nintendo can modernize without being Sony and Microsoft. They can be themselves and still have great hardware. Remember that Fusion idea that kept floating around. That sounds amazing! Yes PLEASE! If I could take a Wii U gamepad around with me and play the same games I got on my home console, I'd fucking go broke buying nothing but Nintendo games! And even with this amazing hardware and their own great games, they can have other developers working side by side if they just allow them to.
Nintendo needs to TALK to developers and make them feel welcomed in their consoles. If I made a console, I'd tell everyone I know and try to get them making games for it in any way I could. I'd try to make innovative and amazing games for me while allowing 3rd party to fill up gaps between and make a pretty penny. Why wouldn't you want that?
