| Arkaign said: Things like this never make sense to me. It's like they WANT to fail, and pursue that failure in the most aggressive way possible. Capcom did a lot of similar things, but I think Konami may take the cake now for the stupidest moves in gaming history. Not everyone is immune either. Take Nintendo for example (hey, I do like the WiiU!) : They could bring out a full-fledged Pokemon RPG series for the WiiU, with cross-play/Amiibo support with 3DS and so on, release expansions yearly or bi-yearly. It would literally SHIT piles of cash, and sell massive stacks of WiiUs. But they don't, because sometimes they're just morons. More examples can be found with Sony and MS, so it's not just Nintendo as a major player making dumb mistakes or leaving money on the table with products possible that are ignored for whatever stupid nonsense reasoning. |
you're delusional if you think its that easy for a company to snap their fingers and make a video game or product. it takes a lot of risk and investment for some of these bigger games.
in terms of Konami, they're not as big as once were and if they invest a large amount of capital in a game like Silent Hill they better be sure that they are going to succeed with it. its not like just a gurantee obviously
also your critical finger pointing at Nintendo isn't well thought out, Nintendo COULD do a Pokemon RPG series for the Wii U but the reality is it would take a lot of time and effort to make said game and also you aren't considering the effects it might have on how well Pokemon for the handhelds sell- in the end Nintendo will always prioritize Pokemon on handheld systems because it actually is proven to push hardware sales (something that can't be similarly said on Nintendo's main non handheld consoles in the past)
and what examples would you pick for Sony or MS? they don't have a lot of series to pick from
the reality is that software developers who have been around for quite a while (regardless of if Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, whatever) have plenty of IPs but can't take risks on them at all times
it seems obvious that Konami should take advantage of the Silent Hill brand but you would be surprised how many good IPs they still have the right to that they do nothing with. obvious answer is that they lack the capital and ability to take many risks and that they either already are considering falling away from the gaming/software world OR that they are just being extremely careful, which isn't such a bad thing
