| Soundwave said: I think they should keep the Baynoetta franchise for critical/prestige reasons, but they should axe pretty much the other games like Devil's Third and (I hate to say it) Fatal Frame. |
I think they should greenlight some western titles too - absolutely - and give them real freedom. As Splatoon and Wii U sales show, they're actually doing OK in Japan's weak console market. They are doing much worse in the west. I do agree that they need to compete in the popular genres of today's gamer. Similar to the old school projects I'm saying they should fund, I think they should have been at the forefront to fund some western IPs. "What's that, Jason West and Vince Zampella, you want to leave Activision and make a new FPS? You need funding? Here's some millions." Same with Project Cars. Rather and Namco sweeping in toward the end of production, Nintendo should have funded (and given a better name) to the new racing IP and had a product that appeals to European gamers. A few moves like that would go a long way.
But the problem with those is you're still gonig to have to convice western gamers that you're offering something as good or better than XBox or PS. Funding some indie Japanese games like above would be fairly cheap - a few million each was enough on kickstarter - and would offer an experience that wouldn't be offered elsewhere, and one that targets gaming elitists. Ones that would seek out a system for a number of games they like rather than buy what everyone has. That in turn would grow the user base and spread word of mouth that Nintendo is about more than kids and casuals.
Western titles like Pillers of Eternity could work too, but I'd say priority one is games that old-school core gamers would mentally and emotionally link with Nintendo's NES glory days.
