8th March 2004, 11:24 AM
Quote:That was calling you a moron because you didn't understand me, not because you were disagreeing...
The rest of that post fits in perfectly with the ideas I expand in my previous post.
Nobody understood you because you make as much sense as Yamauchi's game ideas. Ask GR.
Quote:Huh? You're saying Nintendo got most of the big games? We both know that's not true! And it's getting worse, not better, in the future... I don't know specifics because I focus on Nintendo, but I know I've seen more than enough games not on Cube to know that they are getting a lot more. As I said, especially from American developers. Like, say, Interplay... we didn't get BGDA2 or FOBOS... or some sports games... or Grand Theft Auto... etc...
We got all of the sports games, just none online. And stuff like GTA are called third-party exclusives, ABF. Kinda like Viewtiful Joe and Resident Evil 4. Those ring a bell to you? Sure third-party support is only going to get worse, but in 2003 it was perfectly fine.
Quote:You are right however that if Zelda had been in fall it would have cut even more into other game sales. That of course is why third parties all abandon Nintendo, because its own games by far sell best... there is of course no "solution" to that. Nintendo will always make lots of great games for its own platforms. The question then is timing... they need some key ones for the christmas season, but yeah, they probably could afford to spread it out a bit more. You don't need to release so many of your top games all at once... they could at least try it some more (with enough advertising of course! Any maybe for franchises that could survive on their own...) and see if it works... the schedule this time of year is hardly bursting with games that keep them from having a release window.
Nintendo needs to give their big third party games more room to breathe. VJ should have had more than just a week to itself. Hopefully RE4 will be one of their holiday spotlights. I bet WW2 will be delayed to next March.