They have good reasons for that. One by one each third party developer is caught doing shady business where profits go before quality control and player benefits.

Bugs are found behind every corner, DLC contains maps and modes that were developed alongside the main game yet for some reason were not included despite all of the remaining space on the disc, microtransactions give disproportionally large benefits to those willing to pay extra upon the game's full price, entire multiplayer modes barely function upon release, blatant excuses are made to avoid developing games at 60 frames per second, the existence of next generation versions are denied to make people purchase one game twice, and the list goes on and on.


The less third party friendly Nintendo is, the less cancerous they will be to the video game industry.

I do agree that have a third party publisher lead industry has done nothing but shrunk and devalue the product of video games. I wouldnt say they dont know whT they are doing its just they care more about their bottom line as opposed to having a healthy market in the console space.

Is there some revelation in 5 hours time?

They are in direct competition with 3rd party game developers, so no they won't ever be friendly. The best selling games on competing consoles are molstly 3rd party, so those console makers don't have as much of an issue, but Nintendo make a huge % of their profit from software, and so it would make bad business sense to be overly friendly to the competition.

Let's also not forget the Sale of used games have squeezed the pockets of 3rd party. So this might have been out of necessity. People seem to forget these games cost Millions to make and for every Gamestop there are plenty of used versions of everygame, this is in every county, somtimes town. So I would say that this cutting into their bottom line has done a lot to push them to these types of activities, lets not forget of rising costs in software developement.

Yes but this business strategy has not moved a lot of units, accept for the wii, which was a fad. However profits I'm sure hit their mark. So in the end if that makes them happy, fine but they are not doing as either my fiance', nor I would like. My girl loves nintendo but is drawn to Xbox a whole lot more as of recent.

If nintendos consoles are comparable in power with the rest they will recieve third party games, just look at the gamecube.
If they decide not to go with machines as powerful as the competetion then no, they will not receive third party support.

How this terrible argument has managed to persist for this long is beyond me.

If you as a video game developer don't want people to sell your games, make sure that they are good enough so that people want to keep them.

Regarding rising development costs, don't bite off more than you can chew. Development costs only rise if you allow them to.

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Unlike you, I run my own business and this plays a major role. Go ask your local Gamestop how many used games they sell a day, then take that amount and times it by $60, you will see 1,000s upon 1,000s of dollars of lost revenue. The fact you over look this would make you a horrible business owner. When they make games, they add this into their developement time, meaning they can only put so much in before it becomes a game that can close your doors for good.

No matter how good the game is, it is on sale at gamestop used. I have seen every single game, rated the highest, so your argument holds no water at all.