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bunchanumbers on 08 January 2017
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KLAMarine said:
bunchanumbers said:
It started in the 80s when Nintendo wanted to keep control of 3rd parties and it has been a distrustful relationship ever since.
Ka-pi96 said:
It`s Nintendo`s fault. They`re the ones that alienated 3rd party publishers and pushed them away to Sony/Microsoft in the first place. Hearing about some of the things they demanded from 3rd parties that released on their system back in the NES/SNES days and... well they deserve to not have any 3rd party games. Sony just had to come along and not act like a massive cunt to everyone else (something that shouldn`t be difficult for anyone) and that alone made them a way better choice for 3rd parties than Nintendo.

I don't think third parties are vindictive like this. Third parties will put titles on the Switch if they believe it will make them money. They're businesses after all, not people with emotions. Third parties aim to profit first and foremost and if they see opportunity in Nintendo's platform, they will try developing for it regardless of what business relationships were like 20-30 years ago.

Its not a matter of being vindictive. Its a matter of control and Nintendo always wants to be in control. Trying to keep 3rd party devs was just one of the things. They did the same thing to consumers with different console designs and region locking.

Nintendo had to have it their way which included keeping with carts on N64, Mini DVD on Gamecube, then vastly underpowered hardware for Wii and Wii U. If you are 3rd party you have to jump through their hoops to get your game on their system. You have to work with their limitations.

Even to this day with Switch. You want your game on it? You have to work within their mobile hardware. The only concession that might happen is no more region locking and even that isn't a guarantee yet. Everything else is on Nintendo's terms and only on Nintendo's terms. This is why they are losing to MS and Sony.

As for the fans, they are now conditioned to be Nintendo only on their console because Nintendo games are the only thing to be guaranteed on the device. Even that is a iffy proposition with Wii U droughts.