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JEMC on 20 February 2014

Because western devs don't know how to make games for handhelds anymore.

They are obsessed with graphics and film-like experiences that their games can't be scaled down to fit into a handheld and the way they are used: short but intense burst of play.



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Slarvax on 20 February 2014
JEMC said:
Because western devs don't know how to make games for handhelds anymore.

They are obsessed with graphics and film-like experiences that their games can't be scaled down to fit into a handheld and the way they are used: short but intense burst of play.

More like, they believe making interactive movies will sell better...



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superhippy420 on 20 February 2014

3rd Parties just can't compete with Nintendo's software. If you go to the store and look at 3DS games, are you going to pick Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart, SM3DL, ALBW, or Animal Crossing, or are you going to pick Sonic Lost World, FIFA, or some other 3rd party title. Xbox barely releases any 1st party software anymore except for Halo and Forza so it is easy to compete there, and most of Sony's 1st party titles don't sell very well either.



zuvuyeay on 20 February 2014

they've all gone casual.no 3rd party game on any console apparently,gaming doomed

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Walter_Kovacs1986 on 20 February 2014

Ubisoft and EA have never had compelling handheld games, their strength is in console gaming, so no support from them. Warner Bros. and Activision port their LEGO and Skylander games. Square Enix is abandoning handheld and console gaming altogether for mobile.



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justiceiro on 20 February 2014

Yeah, nintendo is almost out of ammo, because all the biggest hits areadly came to the console(pokemon, mario kart, mario in general), and the 3rd party support to its has been poor to. I think nitnendo should maybe approach some indies and and make boxes release of some of their successfull games, since they have been all relatily successfull on the console, but this is me, eh.



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kupomogli on 20 February 2014

This is what I've been saying. The 3DS' lack of third party support is almost as bad as the Vita's.

Both systems have a lot of exclusive games in Japan.  Japan hates us though.  That's why they localize their content less than the west localizes theirs for Japan. 



Justagamer on 20 February 2014

I've been feeling like there aren't many games coming for ANY consoles lately... Maybe it's just my perception of things, but, there hasn't been much of anything going on, anywhere.... I'm looking forward to second son, the order(if it turns out good), and aside from getting bravely default, I can't think of anything else coming from any developers....



okr on 20 February 2014

Who wants western games for handhelds anyway.



NintendoPie on 20 February 2014

The 3DS already has quite a bit of third party support from it's past years on the market. Western Developers have already done their job pushing shovelware onto it, now they will just move back to Mobile platforms.

There are usually only a few stand out third party titles on most Nintendo consoles anyway. The 3DS is no different.