Nintendo DICE: "We right now don't have support for the Wii U in the Frostbite engine."

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Seems like it's Iwata's time to follow in the footsteps of Wada and... that EA guy.

 

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Frostbite games have high selling figures and general critical acclaim. To not have the ability to use that on the Wii U is definitely going to hurt their sale figures. Without so much third party support, Nintendo better pull out some top selling first party games.

 

That's kinda been their business strategy for years

 

I think it's as much a personal move for the CEO as it is a PR move. We can look at the company and say "they know they ****ed up and this is who is responsible," thereby shifting the anger from the company to the individual.

This works more in theory than in practice, though.

 

Yeah, makes sense

 

I see it as a failing strategy, it's not a great long term way of getting money, not to mention company costs of third party compared to third. At best they'll make profits from the family and casual gamer market, but I still don't see that as a viable method of profit for much longer.

 

I don't see how. Nintendo is the only company with a pedigree strong enough to sell entire consoles on the merits of their games

 

Times are changing, as much as there will always be fans of Mario, the WiiU's sales are telling me that people aren't that big of fans. Only so many times they can rehash the Mario games on one console. Without support from their third party developers, it worsens their position, not strengthens it.

 

Things haven't changed THAT much. Smash Bros is still Smash Bros. The 3DS still increased in sale drastically the moment a Mario was released for it. And Nintendo products are the most consistently polished out there.

 

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A console can not rely on one game to make it a long running success. Nor make up the sales. This won't compete with the revenues of Microsoft or Sony, they will lead the market in the next gen unless Nintendo cuts the costs of the consoles and increases its exclusive catalogue and use it's full hardware capability in a way that the competitors just can't. Putting the mini map and powers on a handheld screen is not enough of a unique selling point.

I can't just rely on Nintendo always being around for the sake of being Nintendo and having first party support. They may not have the selling success of the Wii since the Wii was unique in that it tapped into a heavy casual gaming market who don't follow consoles and games and so on. The Wii may still be enough for most gamers, and won't bother buying a Wii U.

Really we don't know what can happen in the market. ay be a success, may send them under. We'll see.

 

I have a hard time picturing Nintendo doing as poorly as you predict, but hey, if we could see the future we wouldn't be on a news site, would we

 

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