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Nintendo Revolution May Alienate Third Party Developers

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-some-chutzpah-right-there dept.

IGN has an article discussing an interview in which Nintendo President Satoru Iwata talked about the possibility that the Nintendo Revolution's fundamental difference from other offerings may alienate third party developers. From the article: "If the next generation platforms are going to create even more gorgeous looking games using further enhanced functionality, and if that next-gen market can still expand the games industry, then I'm afraid that third-parties may not support Nintendo" Refreshing to hear such an honest assessment from company president.

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  1. Nintendo says do or die? by DuckofDeath87 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That is a pretty bad /. title and article. Nintendo said that 3rd parties will be alienated if they dont like nintendo innovations. However, if these companies like the innovations, they will probably make games only for the revolution.

    Sounds like a rather bold business plan. I suppose Nintendo has decided to take very big risks in order to innovate gaming further and of course make N #1 again.

    Good Luck N!

    I for one welcome our new innovative gaming overlords.

  2. Re:If it's that different.. by The+Eagle+Maint · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As you said, the Pokemon thing isn't quite as fierce as it was 5 years ago... but they are in fact working on a fully 3D Pokemon RPG for the gamecube. http://cube.ign.com/objects/716/716652.html?ui=gam efinder

  3. VR Headsets. by torpor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i totally agree with you on nintendos' innovating, and i will even go so far as to Thank them for the vomit-inducing VirtualBoy.

    wouldn't it be grand if they made a VirtualBoy2 that wasn't vomit-inducing, and in fact had two screens capable of decent 3D graphics.

    DS "Eye-o-scope" Adapter, anyone?

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  4. Re:The Dreamcast was VERY innovative... by UserChrisCanter4 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You're thinking of a device called X-Play, IIRC. It was a 2400 baud modem (seriously!) that went into the cartridge slot first, then had the game cartridge piggy-backed in, similar to a game genie or the old Sonic and Knuckles cart.

    Theoretically, the X-Play could support any game, but I believe it only supported some of the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat games, and a small smattering of EA Sports titles. The modem itself was quite expensive ($100 for a 2400 when 28.8k was pretty much the standard), and I think they might have had a monthly fee.