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Forums - Gaming - Laura Kate Dale : BGE 2 exclusive to Switch... For 12 months.

outlawauron on 03 January 2017
KLXVER said:
Captain_Yuri said:
I hope someone is keeping track so we can see what she will get right and what she will get wrong. Still bge2 seems plausible but hopefully Nintendo didnt pay for it or if they did, it wasnt much since they need system sellers, not niche games

Havent they always just backed niche games?

No, unless you consider Monster Hunter 3 a niche game.



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KLXVER on 03 January 2017
outlawauron said:
KLXVER said:

Havent they always just backed niche games?

No, unless you consider Monster Hunter 3 a niche game.

Did Nintendo pay for the development of that game?



maxleresistant on 03 January 2017
vivster said:
That's probably just a thanks for providing monetary support for the development.

No way there is anything sinister behind it like making sure it's timed exclusive by providing monetary support for the development.

I don't see the difference, and I don't why it would be sinister.

It's business. 



outlawauron on 03 January 2017
KLXVER said:
outlawauron said:

No, unless you consider Monster Hunter 3 a niche game.

Did Nintendo pay for the development of that game?

Nintendo assisted them and published in West. Exact details were never written, but Nintendo did enough for them to cancel the PS3 version of the game and start over on Wii.



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KLXVER on 03 January 2017
outlawauron said:
KLXVER said:

Did Nintendo pay for the development of that game?

Nintendo assisted them and published in West. Exact details were never written, but Nintendo did enough for them to cancel the PS3 version of the game and start over on Wii.

Well in the west, it kinda is a niche series.



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Luke888 on 03 January 2017

Interesting, I wonder how much it cost to Nintendo to have a timed exclusivity for such a peculiar title



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 03 January 2017
KLXVER said:
Captain_Yuri said:

Exactly why they need to stop and back non-niche games... If they took all the money they are going to spend backing niche games and poured it onto getting a a port of RDR2 on to the Switch, not only would that get the headlines with the public press, but most likely would also sell a shit ton more systems than all those niche games put together.

Yeah, Im sure a worse looking and running RDR2 will set the Switch on fire. Especially in Japan. Japanese gamers will line up to get DQXI and RDR2...

It would compared to those niche games and Japan isnt the only place the switch is going to sell in. Games like DQ sell well enough in Japan for Nintendo to not need to pay for them since the sales are good enough for capcom to give them enough incentives to develop them



                  

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Veknoid_Outcast on 03 January 2017

I don't trust any of these rumormongers, but if it's true, it's dumb. Either pay for the development of the game and retain exclusivity or allow it to arrive on all systems simultaneously. If Nintendo bought timed exclusivity it's just a dick move, and probably an unnecessary one.



KLXVER on 03 January 2017
Captain_Yuri said:
KLXVER said:

Yeah, Im sure a worse looking and running RDR2 will set the Switch on fire. Especially in Japan. Japanese gamers will line up to get DQXI and RDR2...

It would compared to those niche games and Japan isnt the only place the switch is going to sell in. Games like DQ sell well enough in Japan for Nintendo to not need to pay for them since the sales are good enough for capcom to give them enough incentives to develop them

Well what would you prefer?

1. GTAV on PS3 and 360. Bayonetta 2 on WiiU.

or

2. GTAV on PS3, 360 and WiiU. Bayonetta 2 never existing.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 03 January 2017
KrspaceT said:
Captain_Yuri said:

Exactly why they need to stop and back non-niche games... If they took all the money they are going to spend backing niche games and poured it onto getting a a port of RDR2 on to the Switch, not only would that get the headlines with the public press, but most likely would also sell a shit ton more systems than all those niche games put together.

It's possible they might not have the ability to do so: Nintendo has a lot more connections with Ubisoft than Red Dead's dev, and it may have been offered to Nintendo and refusal could have cost them third party support on the Switch launch they do not want to risk. 

Could be but what we do know that this isn't Nintendo's first rodeo into situations like this. What they need to realize is what sells and what doesn't because their decisions affect the hardware sales of their own platform. Ubisoft didn't exactly treat Nintendo that well during the wiiU days. Lets not forget they are the ones who delayed rayman legends which was supposedly done for the wiiU just so it can get released on other platforms at the sametime. So all I am saying is, they need to think about what is best for their platform first before thinking about others. If they are spending money on these niche games that aren't pushing systems or selling much software, I would say it's mainly a wasted investment.



                  

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