| biglittlesps said: Most of the games you mentioned are small scale and risk less projects compared to Sony IP's which they take are big scale and risky and they do every year not like Nintendo. What nintendo does most every year is the milk their IP's and charecters in new games just trying to play safe with established IP and charecters popularity to gain sales. Also they use too much cartoony graphics for a colourful graphics instead of reaslistic due to their weak harware. EDIT: In reality Nintendo has lot of cash in bank compard to Sony but they never make use of it to build their studios or even make powerful hardware or realistic big scale games. Sony cares more about gamers and new experiences so they take more and big risks even though they have less money and got other businesses without gaming which is not main. Nintendo main business is Gaming but they dont try to build it and give games new experiences instead. |
Oh, brother. This response is almost too much even for me.
First off, the statement I was responding to was "Nintendo hasn't made an original game in ages" not "Nintendo hasn't made a huge, original game in ages."
Second of all, Nintendo does make large-scale new IPs. Ever looked at Xenoblade Chronicles? What about Fire Emblem? Baten Kaitos? Perfect Dark? Eternal Darkness? Wonderful 101? But no, only Sony has the guts to take risks with new IPs. Like...Fat Princess. Or PaRappa the Rapper. Certainly can't forget MLB: The Show or SingStar. All of these games are blockbusters of the industry, holy shit.
Thirdly, I'm not sure if you're aware, but Sony milks their shit just as much as anyone else. God of War? That series has had 7 games since its conception in 2005. Ratchet & Clank has had 12 games since 2002. Gran Turismo 15 games since 1997. LittleBigPlanet 5 games since 2008. Over 70 SingStar games since 2004. InFamous has had 4 games just since 2009. In comparison, there are have been 8 Mario Kart games since 1992. Only 4 (5 if you live in Japan) Animal Crossing games since 2001. 16 Zelda games since 1986. And this isn't even considering their other franchises like F-Zero, which has only 7 games since 1990 and Metroid 12 games since 1986. But, you're right, only Nintendo has 'milked' their franchises.
Fourthly, your claim that they 'rely too much on cartoony graphics' is appalling. God forbid any company wants to do anything outside the norm and avoid the pitfall of generic mediocrity. I don't know if you know this, but games like Perfect Dark, Eternal Darkness, Pandora's Tower, Devil's Third, Baten Kaitos, Xenoblade, etc. aren't cartoony. And the Wii U is stronger than the PS3, so I'm pretty sure it can handle 'realistic graphics.' As evidenced by Bayonetta, Deus Ex, Assassin's Creed, etc.
Finally, you're right. Nintendo has never made a risk in gaming. Ever. You know the NES? That didn't completely revive the home console industry or anything. That was a safe bet on their part. How about the GameCube? Strongest console of its time yet it required optical disks. Totally safe. The DS? The first handheld device with two screens and touch controls was nothing. Or the Wii, yeah, motion controls were definitely the norm before they did that. And the Wii U, every console surely has a tablet controller.
Please.
