| fleischr said: I like Shokio. On the other side of the coin, you could say Nintendo has a bias for working with Japanese-based companies. Nintendo's farmed out some 3rd party exclusives from Japanese devs like Bayo 2 and Devil's Third, but probably never once took a look at securing western-developed games like Evolve or Titanfall as exclusives (which honestly, they could have done with the right amount of money). Companies like Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, and Capcom usually are the only other large publishers allowed to work with Nintendo's IP. |
I believe the reason why Nintendo works with Japanese-based companies is because in Japan the companies understand their train of thought on a cultural level. They dont have the current gen demands that other companies have. Nintendo wants third party games from westerners but they have a history of wanting things done their way. Japan as a gaming economy are not thriving as well as the should and the Japanese companies who are still standing somewhat tall have adopted somewhat of a westernized version of their product (even though creative ideas are still japanese).
Konami and Square sided with Sony in the format war. Sony works with third parties and can help them out on a technological level so it helped to persuade them over Nintendo. Sony makes games and tech and thats what helped them at the end of the day. Back in the day Nintendo third party its our way or the highway and until Sony (and later Microsoft) arrived, there was reason to fear not being supported by Nintendo.
