Bofferbrauer on 30 August 2015
| RolStoppable said: Platform holders pay for (timed) exclusivity because they believe it gives them a competitive edge. In other words, in the end it's about selling more hardware, be it Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft. Since this topic is specifically about indie games, there really isn't much of a point for Nintendo to aggressively pursue such a direction because the impact of indie games gets tremendously dwarved by the impact of retail games, and between Nintendo's inhouse development teams, Nintendo-affiliated studios and collaborations with third party partners, there are plenty of opportunities to invest money better. |
This.
Besides, it looks like they don't need to do anything to attract Indies, as there are many coming to the Wii U. The lack of third party publishers is actually a boon for them, since the Indie games are now much more in focus on their console than they are on every other platform and thus have higher sales since they don't get overlooked as easely. Plus, Nintendo has started strongly to promote them as Nindies, which might attract additional Indie developers without needing to moneyhat.
