the crazier the analysis the faster it spreads across the internet.

NintedoEnthusiast.com................yeah of course they are saying these rumors are false. They ARE a Nintendo fansite after all.

I doubt he believes what he wrote.  Just trying to manipulate the industry a bit

Yeah, as if Activision wouldn't release yet another version of COD or any other of its multiplatform franchises on a system that's guaranteed to be the cheapest of the next gen consoles and therefore sell fairly well regardless of 3rd party support.

This rumor is pretty hilarious when you think about it... by the time Wii U launches, companies like Activision and Konami will have spent more than 7 years and hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars learning and harnessing the powers of PS360, then comes along 3 next gen systems, 2 of which will require the companies to pour millions more into R&D and learning the architecture all over again, and one which is very similar to what they've been working with for 7 years and easy to port games to.... and they're going to boycott it LMAO!!

I think these analyzers are just interested in spreading FUD in order to benefit the companies that they work for.

The biggest money grubbers in the biz? Hardly. Besides, seeing the quality of the Activision titles on the Wii this gen, perhaps it could be a good thing... so its a win/win.

The particular analyst in question here has been pushing (along with one or two others) to move Nintnedo into e mobile space. Ecause they think the money is there..... And it might be short term.  If you read his full comments, sets a stock price point twice as high if Nintendo were to go mobile.  He said similar things at TGS last year.

So I think vendetta might be strong but not totally inaccurate.  This is a new version of the going third party analyst recommendation, but Sega's plight makes that a tough sell.

Mike From Morgantown

I'm not believing a single word of this story until Activision OR Konami give official confirmation. This whole report sounds like bogus to me.

Zarx I'm not 100% on the legality. But how would securing six major third party IP for a single year land Nintendo an anti competitive lawsuit? Hardware manufacturers have done this many times in the past not to the extent of 6 titles in one year. But in the past Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, Metal Gear Solid, GTA , Resident Evil all those franchises have been bought exclusively for a specific console.

It is not a new business practice and to my knowledge it isn't illegal. Nintendo wouldn't be preventing the companies from releasing games for other systems. Only securing the rights to six IP for one year. I can't see how it would be any different then what Microsoft and Sony have done consistently for a decade or more.

Publishers have a right to sell the exclusive rights of an IP to any buyer they want. It is their intellectual property and I do not see a suit arising as the action would not really be unfair or illegal. Combined Sony and MS secure at least six titles a year exclusively from third parties. Nintendo's only difference would be they would be targeting the big IP. Still nothing anti competitive about that. Competitive yes but to my knowledge not illegal!