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burninmylight on 07 July 2017
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onionberry said:
JRPGfan said:

some of that seems like legit issues though.

"He claimed that unless you release "day and date" with other versions of a multiformat game, Nintendo refuses to promote your title in any way."

^ like thats not a good stance to take if you want 3rd party support, or them to succede on your console.

Not really, I understand if big AAA games need more time because of the hardware. But indie games like oddworld should be there day one if they really want that free promotion, it's an incentive. But if Nintendo receives the last port then what's the point of promoting a niche indie game that you can play everywhere. That's not good business. I don't like that "we're indie so please understand" mentality.

 

For something like rocket league, well the game is "old" just like stardew valley, the diference is that those games have a lot of fans so it's good business for Nintendo and the developers and that's why Nintendo is promoting those games.

And in the case of Rocket League, Nintendo actually has something new about it to promote: cross-platform play with PC and X1. The RL devs went out of their way to give the Nintendo version something new and a reason for consumers to purchase it on a Nintendo console, therefore Nintendo promotes it.