Is Amiibo bad for Nintendo's relationship with Activision?

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EricFabian on 27 June 2014

daredevil.shark said:

C0LINx said:

So recently, we all know a Legend of Korra game was announced, oddly only coming to the 3DS considering it's a Nickelodeon games and has probably more potential to sell on Wii U than on PS4 or Xbox One. Could Activision be fustrated about Amiibo inevertently interefering with Skylanders potential sales for the 2014 year so much that they will not want to publish many games for Nintendo's main console? It comes as odd especially since Activision had said last year they want to do all they can to help. So is this just a case of not enough resources to port the game to Wii U, bad console sales or for the reason I just stated? Even if this isn't the reason you may think, do you think that Nintendo's new Amiibo's will have a negative impact on it's relationship with 3rd parties with similar strategies?

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sundin13 on 27 June 2014

Errr...I don't think they particularly care.

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Rafux on 27 June 2014

Naaa is just business, if there is dollar to make Activision would work with anybody.

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Zero999 on 27 June 2014

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I guess but its not like their partnership (along with all the other third parties) seemed to matter with the wiiU considering how no one buys any third party games for a variety of reasons

what? check those numbers again.

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Zero999 on 27 June 2014

fleischr said:
Look up how Activision responded to Disney Infinity.

Activision certainly knows being a pioneer in a profitable market segment will certainly attract new competitors. Publicly, they've welcomed Disney Infinity as a means of increasing NFC gaming's appeal. They probably express the same thing with Amiibo.

By your logic, Activision would actually pull Skylanders from Wii U/3DS.

Nobody chooses not to port a game to Wii U out of spite. That's just irrational -- there's always logistical/technical/business reason for it

bolded: this was already proved wrong so many times.

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Hedra42 on 27 June 2014

Amiibo and the way it's being used is going to be different, though isn't it? Although you can bet that people will see the little figurines in stores and think it's Skylanders all over again.

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C0LINx on 27 June 2014

daredevil.shark said:

C0LINx said:

So recently, we all know a Legend of Korra game was announced, oddly only coming to the 3DS considering it's a Nickelodeon games and has probably more potential to sell on Wii U than on PS4 or Xbox One. Could Activision be fustrated about Amiibo inevertently interefering with Skylanders potential sales for the 2014 year so much that they will not want to publish many games for Nintendo's main console? It comes as odd especially since Activision had said last year they want to do all they can to help. So is this just a case of not enough resources to port the game to Wii U, bad console sales or for the reason I just stated? Even if this isn't the reason you may think, do you think that Nintendo's new Amiibo's will have a negative impact on it's relationship with 3rd parties with similar strategies?

Coming to PS3 an PS4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXA5nPWetE

I'm obviously referring to the Nintendo patforms.

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Mr Khan on 27 June 2014

Yeah, Korra's just because it's downloadable. Now what Acti's issue is with the Wii U eShop is another question. Ubisoft and the few other active third parties give it most of what the system gets.

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Numberfox on 27 June 2014

This with the UbiArt game Valiant Hearts not coming to the Wii U, I'm just assuming all third parties are avoiding eShop like the plague for the remainder of 2014... for whatever reason.

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