5th June 2005, 8:07 PM
Quote:I know this has been said 1000 times before, but the only way 3rd party games sell on the GameCube is if they are exclusive like Resident Evil 4, or include something Nintendo-related like Soul Calibur.
It has, and that's because its true... well, not the ONLY way, but definitely the primary way.
Though it's not like all of the Nintendo-exclusive games have exactly sold fantastically well...
Quote:I think for Nintendo to help out third parties they should offer to help them include something exclusive like Namco did by including Link in Soul Calibur. It can be something small, but even a little addition can help sell those games.
The problem is, Nintendo gets the games it pays for, and maybe a couple others, and that's it... the companies continue to release the vast majority of their titles on other systems only.
Quote:Thats because Nintendo can handle their consoles and sell them with first party games alone. It is not untrue that 3rd party abandonment has happened even on the Gamecube.
I'd say that the situation is no better than it was with the N64...