| KrspaceT said: I'm sure most everyone has heard about the Oddworld guy's commentary (Nintendo killed Iwata!).
Ignoring most of it, I want to focus on a specific point he made: that Nintendo makes it so that third parties can't do well. Branching off it, does the console maker in general have issues if a game fails to sell.
For example....
Is it Nintendo's fault if third party titles don't sell well on their system?
Is it Microsoft's fault that Japanese originating games like JRPG's don't sell well on their systems?
Was it Sony's fault that PS3 titles had a long history of underperforming?
Figure it might be worth expanding this beyond Nintendo because people debate Nintendo's blame with third party issues more than some people debate the bible at this point. |
Well. this is mostly a quesiotn of image.
Playstation has the image of third-party-machine. That's why people bought PS4, even if the launch-games werent much more or better than WiiUs or Switch. Many remasters and late ports. But customers expected it having 3rd-party-games so they bought it. And devs had games in the pipeline, because they expected customers to purchase the system.
Nintendo does have the image that is doesn't have third-parties. So customers wanting that are skeptical and wait to buy the system. And developers are skeptical and support the system with late ports and keep their main games for the moment without port. That turns into bad sales for existing third-parties and only few games, so both groups see their suspicions come true.
The image was formed years back, in NES-SNES-N64-era. But images are difficult to change. It takes years.
But look for example on Playstation and japanese games. This image has gotten cracks. For over a year japanese games did better on PS3 than on PS4. The japanese base only slowly transformed to the new system. Also japanese gamers prefer handhelds, and after Vita will Sony probably not offer any. So this image is threatened to change for japanese games. Probably the reason Sony pushed for Monster Hunter.
