Why do you think Nintendo has not cared/hated 3rd party developers for most of their history?

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Ka-pi96 said:

Well it seems like Yamauchi was an arrogant cunt, so that alone answers the question for a period of time. Arrogant cunts generally don't have many friends. As for the rest of the time, it seems like they've just been focused on themselves first and foremost and hoped that everything else would fall into place after that.

To compare it to planning a party:

Yamauchi: "I'm having the best part ever with blackjack and hookers! If you're not as cool as me then don't even bother trying to come!."
Other Nintendo guys: "Hey, I'm throwing a party. Come if you want, or not, your call" *spends the rest of their time trying to plan the best party they can*
Sony/Microsoft: "Hey, I'm throwing a party. It'd be great if you could come". *spends the rest of their time making/handing out flyers for the party*

This is correct. He also gets way more credit than he deserves for things that went right with Nintendo, as so much of it happened not because of him, but in spite of him. Like he had some kind of mystic foresight to see the value of “taking a chance” on the most inventive, hard working, and proactive people in his company after they worked for him for only a mere 8-15 years. As though no other CEO had his perceptive abilities =D