Topic: Iwata: Concerns Over Third Parties Sales Don't Reflect The Fact

[mantidor]

what was the last BIG third party game released on a Nintendo platform? and I mean released properly, not half-assed ports, spinoffs or sabotaged exclusivities. Big, nice, AAA titles from million selling franchises.

Oh thats right third parties, THATS THE GODDAMN PROBLEM!

[Ian Sane]

what was the last BIG third party game released on a Nintendo platform? and I mean released properly, not half-assed ports, spinoffs or sabotaged exclusivities. Big, nice, AAA titles from million selling franchises.

Oh thats right third parties, THATS THE GODDAMN PROBLEM!

I agree.  Third parties seem to have a sense of entitlement.  Like just because they release games on a Nintendo console they deserve big sales.  None of them ever question if they actually deserve those sales.  Now sometimes great games that are marketted well don't sell.  That's worth complaining about.  But it's not our duty to buy anyone's product.  We as consumers have the right to expectations that must be met.  Sometimes you can fluke out or con people or use MS style monopoly tactics but generally any company selling a product has to earn their business.  So if a third party wants to sell Wii games they better put some effort in it.  You only get what you give.

But instead it's like if a half-assed effort doesn't work they pull support and give up.  What the hell business logic is that?  I don't think "we're always right, it's the customer that must be wrong" is a strategy that has a lot of longterm potential.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Industry crash! yay!

[Plugabugz]

He completely missed the graph about PAL dissatisfaction at "delays" at first party games being released and third party games being impotent versions of their international cousins.