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pokoko on 22 February 2016
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cycycychris said:
Darwinianevolution said:
Ladies and gentlemen, get your bets ready, 'cause this can go either way.

Also, "EA wants Nintendo to do more cross promotion stuff. They've been very disappointed that Nintendo doesn't do EA sports console bundles." How are they going to do that without EA sport games?

Its not like they are going to port the sports games and wait and see if Nintendo decides to advertise it for them. They need a commitment from Nintendo in order to be able to support Nintendo. And from what tamaki implys, they have tried before and have been shot down by Nintendo.

If the rumors are true, Nintendo's unwillingness to work with third-parties on content promotion was a big part of the reason Ubisoft walked away.  Considering how EA jumped ship on the Wii U even before it launched, I think it's safe to conclude that where there is smoke, there is fire.

It's Nintendo's console, they can do with it what they wish, but the same is true for third-party publishers.  If Sony and Microsoft are working with them to create a stronger sales environment then I can't blame them for trying to move their consumer base over to those platforms.

My guess is that Nintendo thinks of third-party publishers as competition for their own software (which is how they treated them in the NES/SNES era) and they're unwilling to short promotion of first-party content for games that are not thier own.  Sony and Microsoft, on the other hand, are willing to compromise for the betterment of both parties.  It's a very different philosophy.