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BMaker11 on 13 July 2015
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nuckles87 said:
BMaker11 said:

They'll get with the times. Relationships with 3rd parties will become more abundant, they'll realize online gaming is a big part of consoles, and they may even put use a non-proprietary medium for their next console (as in, they'll use bluray)


Relationships with third parties are so poor because the Wii U sold poorly and the owners didn't buy the games. Online is already a huge part of Smash Bros ad Mario Kart 8, and the central selling point of Splatoon. Nintendo hasn't used proprietary media in their consoles since the N64. The Gamecube used Mini DVDs, Wii used DVDs, and Wii U uses blu rays. They can't play movies because that requires Nintendo to pay a fee on each unit sold. It's a cost saving measure.

So really, in these areas not much is going to change, because it was either not up to Iwata or not...for lack of a better word, true.

Third parties weren't around for the Wii, either. It wasn't getting the GTAs and Soul Caliburs and Batmans and Assassin's Creeds, for example. It wasn't even getting yearly sports games from EA and 2K. The CoD games were severely watered down. You can point to Just Dance, Carnival Games, and Sonic, but I mean....come on. This isn't the kinda support you use to bolster healthy 3rd party relationships.

And just because you can name a few games where online is a focus doesn't mean that Nintendo is vested in the online platform. PS2 had Final Fantasy XI, but you wouldn't consider the PS2 an "online console".

Lastly, they use Nintendo Optical Discs. They aren't Mini-DVDs, DVDs, or Blu rays. They are proprietary media. Nintendo consoles don't play movies not because they don't want to pay a fee, but because they said "enough people have devices that can play DVDs".