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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 July 2015
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Pavolink said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Pavolink said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

 

Devs are not going to port their games regardless of power because there's no audience that will buy their games. It will be just a waste of time. If Nintendo wants those third parties, not only power will be needed, but they must be commitent to build an installbase willing to buy those kind of games.


Power and launch time was the issue. Nintendo needs to prepare the hardware before they launch so the third parties can prepare the games. When they made the Wii and Wii U, they made it despite the existence of third party  (So really all they got were really bad downports and exclusives). The install base comes when/where the games are available. It was too late for the Wii U from the start. You cannot just make the hardware and expect the devs to downport almost to last gen level when they told you they wouldnt.

Power alone won't make third parties port their games. Wii U has western devs games and didn't sell good. Even on launch. AC audience was not there on Wii U because audience prefered to buy games like 3D World and The Wind Waker HD.

Ugh.....i'll explain it to you in an easier way. Microsoft lost their first generation in such a bad way that they took it personally against Sony. They realized third party are the most powerful treasure in the console business. Without third party you more often than not will lose(under legitimate circumstances). Microsoft made their hardware early enough to launch a year ahead of Sony (without finishing R&D) and rushed it out so they could woo third party away from exclusivity with Sony. Once they did this the multiplat gamers saw them first and jumped ship. Once Sony screwed up their pricing announcement more gamers jumped ship to Microsoft because essentially they were offering essentially the same catalogue sans exclusives.

Thats how much third party matters. Microsoft risked RROD just to get them to come over to their console to have a shot at being competitive.

You see...if Nintendo creates the hardware to benefit both the third party and themselves (if its built to that purpose), it will have far more success than the Wii U. As I've said before, this generation is not over. Nintendo still has a lot of gamers that they can pick up that havent jumped ship from last gen. There are a lot of gamers who would buy a console that has Nintendo exclusives as well as the same wealth of exclusives on a yearly basis that Sony and Microsoft are getting. 

Third party are done with last gen powerwise and they have been since before this gen started. They only kept the last gen going because of money. Now that the current gens showing signs of healthy profits they are willing to let go of last gen for good (lucky for those of us who own next gen consoles).  They dont have to pay for dual development any longer.