| Darwinianevolution said: I'll take that "positive reception" with a grain of salt. Remember, everyone was on board with the WiiU at first, and then quickly ran away when the boat showed any weakness. Nintendo needs to bring to the table a strong 1st party lineup the first year to attract hardware sales, that will attract 3rd parties. Also, I hope they talked with Bethesda already. They made a big deal about the WiiU because they didn't talk with them before release. I hope they at least try to release something on the NX this time. |
The same with Gearbox. People with both companies said they had zero communication with Nintendo before the Wii U's launch.
It seemed as though Nintendo pretty much ignored western publishers and developers not named Ubisoft, Activision, or EA. It's really no wonder they were ignored in turn. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo's concept of "third-parties" is still limited to Japan and the Big Three in the west.
