Give Nintnendo a chance!

[Lightknight]

If I'm going to buy a console, it'd better have 3rd party support at the bare minimum. The fact that most everyone doesn't even bother to mention Nintendo anymore in the AAA strata is more telling than anything else. The WiiU is already set up for another generation of being too much weaker than the competition to get the really great titles.

One day, maybe I'll be able to buy their software on other systems. That's when I'll give them a chance again.

I'm gonna stop you right htere and point out that the fact that Nintendo isn't mentioned among AAA gaming is not a BAD THING. AAA gaming is a swirling shitstorm right now and soon it'll all flush itself out. And Nintendo will still be standing, because they didn't bend to the bad practices the AAA industry is doing. "AAA titles" at this point are a warning sign to me and a growing amount of people. Tells you what kind of budget and developer was making it and thus what kind of shanking you can probably expect.

It is if you actually like AAA titles. Skyrim, Bioshock, Mass Effect, COD, Uncharted, Halo, Metro, Borderlands, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham City/Asylum and all those other franchises that have us running to the bank. Nintendo believes this too and that's why the day the WiiU launched saw a slew of AAA titles that Nintendo had already been missing out on.

But those games had already been out. For a long time. There's no reason to believe that the games that will be playable on the next gen consoles but not current ps3/360 consoles will still be playable on the WiiU. What's more, there's no promise that they won't still be some horribly nerfed ports even if they are playable.

Nintendo will never, EVER sell its software to other systems. At the rate things are going, it'll actually be the other way around.

Crystal ball gazing with a dash of unwarranted optimism seen only in the likes of "south will rise again" mentalities? That can make you come down with an awful case of eating crow's feet. At the rate things are going the current WiiU is a loss. Too unnecessary for casuals, too weak for hardcore gamers, and too expensive for the dummies that still think it's just a peripheral. Nintendo projected having sold 5.5 million WiiUs before the end of the fiscal year and came in over 2 million units short and sales have only gotten slower.

How about this, if you don't believe me, then believe Nintendo when they say that they've screwed up: Here's the CEO:

"We are to blame. We relaxed our [marketing] efforts, so the consumers today still cannot understand what's so good and unique about the Wii U," Iwata said.

"We have been unsuccessful in coming up with one single software with which people can understand, 'OK, this is really different.' As long as people have hands-on [experience], they can appreciate the value of the Wii U, but because there's not software that's simple and obvious for people as 'Wii Sports' for the Wii, potential consumers do not feel like trying the Wii U."

That's the thing. We have every reason to want Nintendo's software. We just don't have much motivation to buy the console. Unfortunately, you can't get one without the other and that's really hurting them when we drag our feet to drop a few hundred bills on a console we don't really need/want when around the same price of a 32gb WiiU will get you a ps4.

At least the last generation had a huge price difference.

 

[Lightknight]

I've given Nintendo 30 years of chances. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, and the like get tiresome after over a decade of practically non-existent 3rd party development. The gamecube kicked off that crap. Nintendo is practically just one publishing/developing company that forces gamers to buy their proprietary system. At some point I either got tired of playing as the same characters altogether or just grew out of them. Probably the former.

If I'm going to buy a console, it'd better have 3rd party support at the bare minimum. The fact that most everyone doesn't even bother to mention Nintendo anymore in the AAA strata is more telling than anything else. The WiiU is already set up for another generation of being too much weaker than the competition to get the really great titles.

One day, maybe I'll be able to buy their software on other systems. That's when I'll give them a chance again.

But at the same time as we've seen last generation third party developers have been treating their consumers like crap and potential thieves for years by introducing backhanded techniques like DRM, Online anything requirements, ridiculous DLC blaming us for their failed sales, saying trading/piracy/second hand sales is the problem, and giving us buggy/short games for $60.00 and calling us entitled when we know it's a pretty shitty deal for a 4 hour long game or for something that has the character clipping through the ground.

Also if you already own a PC, chances are you already have a nice dose of third party installments at an even better quality(I mean depending on your specs anyway0 than what the PS4 and Xbone have to offer.
However at the same time have you asked yourself why exactly third party devs ditch Nintendo every time? Considering how EA left them because they wouldn't let them put the trash that is Origin on their online systems, do you perhaps think that perhaps it's a whole lot more than "inferior hardware" that keeps them away? Especially now when something like the Xbone allows publishers to restrict used games, second hand trading, and the likes, along with the fact that Sony saying they will do the same, but at a much slower pace.

However it's your money and you are free to do as you please.
I'm just tired of people agree with third party developers for not going with Nintendo, and yet in that same breath complain on the forums how those very same third party developers are ruining gaming for them with their shitty business tactics on their system of choice whether it be Sony or Microsoft.

So I don't buy EA games. There's a world of AAA games who do it right and aren't treating us like crap. I haven't played a AAA game that I've felt put upon and we only complain about what they're doing to prevent it from happening again or getting worse, not because the current iteration of DRM is necessarily all unplayable like SimCity was. But there are other huge developers who basically put out magic as far as I'm concerned AND the other consoles are putting extra work into allowing the indie market some ground which Nintendo still isn't doing as far as I can tell. So you're not just looking at AAA and console exclusives, you're looking at a lot of the stuff in between. Especially with the WiiU being proprietary hardware and not the standard x86 that is remarkably developer friendly. I expect to see some indie titles crop up, hopefully, but not as many as we'll see elsewhere for that reason.

What kind of games have you played (not EA) that you've felt put upon as a consumer? I think you're just hearing the fuss we're making over trying to cut off the beast's head before it grows.

 

[Snotnarok]

I know this is somewhat of stupid question but, why do you care what others think of Nintendo? Do you hold stock in the company or are you paid by them? If people like them they'll go to them, personally I don't have any interest in any of the games minus Sonic and if they make a new Metroid that wasn't as shit as Other M.

However seeing as how Donkey Kong is their new project I don't see myself investing in a new console that has no games I care about. If I wanted to play a 2D Mario Bros game I'd play one of the good ones from the SNES era, not the lazy mess 'the NSMB games have become.

 

[Dragonbums]

You speak sense. I'm so tired of people dissing Nintendo, without whom we wouldn't even have an industry to be talking about. They have franchises spanning over 30 years, quality and integrity and minus them releasing the WiiU a little early they have so many things in the handheld market they can afford to wait for the holidays and the rest of their releases for next year.

It's not even that.
It just seems that when criticizing Nintendo it's like they get blasted with a flamethrower while the other companies that do things to an even worse extent get a slap on the wrist and a little nagging in the ears.
Like they have much more tolerance to AAA devs for wasting people's money and time on shit games, buggy games, broken games, expensive DLC, and online passes and by next generation all is forgiven, while Nintendo has to "win back their respect" because they didn't release another Metroid game after the shit fest that was Other M.

That's because Nintendo spend that respect and more on forcing people to buy a console that is nothing more than a license to play their games on inferior hardware. If Rocksteady only released their games on a box they sold that did nothing else and was one generation behind the other systems technologically you can bet I'd hold them to higher standards in terms of quality of release schedule.

I wonder if you complain just as much about Microsoft forcing you to buy a Xbox 360 to play Gears of War or Halo?What about Sony forcing you to buy a PS3 to play Killzone,Uncharted,and many other IPs that are exclusively on that console?

Why does Nintendo get all the flak for making people buy their consoles to play their games when the other two do it just as much?

Because Nintendo opted out of giving you anything for your money when you buy one of their consoles. If I buy a PS4 I can play Sony's first party games but I can also play all the major third party releases for the next 8 years or so and I can expect those games to look and play better because of the improved technology in the PS4. If I buy a WiiU I can play games Nintendo have financed, maybe one or two games from other publishers and that's it.

So you don't like their title line up. Fine.
However who's fault do you think it is that Nintendo doesn't have third party support? We all saw how all but Ubisoft, Sega,and Platnium ditched them on the WiiU?
So why is it Nintendo's fault that they don't have third party support?
Your aren't wasting your money for buying a WiiU, because when you buy a Nintendo console, since the fucking N64 era you already knew what you were going to get.
At least I can play my Nintendo games knowing that they won't try to coerce me at every turn to buy a $10.00 map pack, or an overpriced suit design.
As for playing better? Nintendo games are always top quality. The one glitch I can think of in a Nintendo game from the Wii games off the top of my head is Mario falling through snow in the ending credits. Note not the gameplay, but the credits. That's it.
You buy a Nintendo console for Nintendo games. You know that. The consumer knows that. Everyone knows that. If in this day and age people are still getting pissed at this notion than sorry for you, just don't buy their products.
Some people buy the Xbox soley for Halo and a couple of exclusives and that's it. Heck. Some people are going to get the PS4 purely for FF and KH3. Yeah. Two fucking games for a console that costs $400.00 everyone has no problem with that.

I'm not sure we're in the same discussion here. You buy a Nintendo console to play Nintendo's games. End of. You know it I know it. If you're any kind of gamer that's going to be an additional console. That's why they're held to a higher standard, because you need to buy additional kit to play them and that additional kit serves no other purpose, nor offers any other advantage. Bioware don't require you to buy additional hardware, Sony and MS make sure you have a huge selection of third party games available. With Nintendo you're paying extra for the privilege. How can you not hold them to a higher standard after that.

As a side point it's Nintendo's fault the WiiU has little third party support. It really couldn't be anyone elses, there's no question about it at all. If they release a console it's their job to make sure it is well supplied with games, if they cheap on the hardware to the point it isn't economical for third parties to release games for it then that's absolutely purely 100% their fault.

Nope. It's not. They left themselves wide open this past year to let third party developers put games on their consoles and get a solid standing so that when their first party lineup comes in, they aren't utterly crushed; and they all ditched them. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Third party developers choose to not put their games on the WiiU and 3DS. However instead of just telling them outright they weren't going to do it, they lied and said they would, and promptly jumped ship out of nowhere.
Nintendo did their part of the bargain, and the other party decided to cheat and run to the other consoles. Nothing they could do about it. They just have to take what's remaining and work with it.
And no, they have no higher standard for making games for you on a different console.
I am pefectly satisfied with my Nintendo hardware because I know what to expect, and expecting anymore is foolish. I don't demand Bungie make games for the WiiU so I can have shooters.
You demand that software only companies to make things that aren't shooters.
Nintendo has been doing this for how long now? 20 years, and I find it funny that it's only now when the industry is chocked with shooters that they have some sort of obligation to make games for everyone elses' benefit.
That's not going to work.

On that note, Bioware is a software company, and last time I checked they lost my money and support because they had the nerve to deliver a broken ass story(which was the whole appeal of the franchise in the first place0 with auto-dialouge and shooters everywhere, and then have a fucking "purchase more DLC" screen after the shit stain that was the ending of their trilogy. With Casey Hudson using the excuse of "Artistic Integrity" and "2Deep4U" like a butthurt 13 year old DeviantArtist that got told her wishfulfillment comic is complete garbage.

 

[Dragonbums]

What kind of games have you played (not EA) that you've felt put upon as a consumer? I think you're just hearing the fuss we're making over trying to cut off the beast's head before it grows.

Aside from Nintendo games, I enjoy the Elder Scrolls (used to) enjoy Mass Effect, and a variety of indie titles. Most of my games of choice are available on the PC anyway, so I'm in no rush to demand Nintendo bend over backwards to meet my needs.
I understand the terms of service. Get Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games and if I don't like it I leave it.
And honestly the beast has already grown. The fact that the Xbone came into being is enough of an indicator of that.
The fact that Sony said they were going to utilize the same thing Xbone is doing, but at a much slower rate is already indicative of that.
We love to hate it.
And honestly EA is getting harder and harder to avoid as a company because man they sure as hell love to buy out studios.

 

[Lightknight]

Aside from Nintendo games, I enjoy the Elder Scrolls (used to) enjoy Mass Effect, and a variety of indie titles. Most of my games of choice are available on the PC anyway, so I'm in no rush to demand Nintendo bend over backwards to meet my needs.

Ok, and which of those AAA titles do you feel treated you badly for the money you spent? Remember, this question was posed because you said that the AAA market is treating consumers badly. If nothing else, I see them being really bad at budgeting and providing us more than they should have for the amount of money we paid (first rule of budgeting is to have realistic expectations, they think if they throw a trillion dollars at the game that they'll make 3 trillion back because they have no concept of a limited consumer market that EVERY other market faces, even air has to understand that it can only serve just over 7 billion people at the most and then it runs out of human consumers). Stupid DRM has been troublesome but except for some cases like SimCity it hasn't actually ruined the experience for some. I'm only not counting Diablo because it was also an MMO.

I understand the terms of service. Get Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games and if I don't like it I leave it.

None of us are misunderstanding the terms of service... Not sure what your intention is by saying that. What we want is for Nintendo to sell their software on other systems.

Imagine the idea that Nintendo could sell twice or even three times as many copies of their software by opening up to other markets. Could you potentially see a profit to be had that can make Nintendo even stronger than with their console? As a Nintendo fan you may be surprised how much your developer of choice could benefit from this move. We aren't demanding the death of Nintendo, far from it. Would you not rather be able to play your Nintendo games on your pc?

And honestly the beast has already grown. The fact that the Xbone came into being is enough of an indicator of that.
The fact that Sony said they were going to utilize the same thing Xbone is doing, but at a much slower rate is already indicative of that.
We love to hate it.

I'm not sure what "same thing" you're referring to. DRM being controlled by the publisher was already true in this generation. Sony just isn't changing anything while Microsoft is actively courting and encouraging it.

And honestly EA is getting harder and harder to avoid as a company because man they sure as hell love to buy out studios.

They're beginning to have huge downsizing in personnel thanks to their losses. I don't know how much longer they'll be in a position to do that with how they're steering the ship. EA's reputation hits and failure to budget properly is slamming them.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I'll give Nintendo a chance when they release a new franchise that isn't Cooking Mama.

Fuck Nintendo.

 

[Kuurion]

I understand the terms of service. Get Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games and if I don't like it I leave it.

None of us are misunderstanding the terms of service... Not sure what your intention is by saying that. What we want is for Nintendo to sell their software on other systems.

Imagine the idea that Nintendo could sell twice or even three times as many copies of their software by opening up to other markets. Could you potentially see a profit to be had that can make Nintendo even stronger than with their console? As a Nintendo fan you may be surprised how much your developer of choice could benefit from this move. We aren't demanding the death of Nintendo, far from it. Would you not rather be able to play your Nintendo games on your pc?

NO!!

I am sorry to have to *scream* that but that is exactly the point you are misunderstanding! Get Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games IS the terms of service! Exclusives are what drive people to one machine over another and Nintendo has a roster 5 times the size of the others in terms of exclusives. What's more most of that is FIRST-party material.

You saying you want to play those games on other systems is like saying you want to play Halo on your PS3. That's just not the way it works. That's wanting everything to be taken to YOUR system(s) of choice, and that is straight-up not the way Nintendo works.

Furthermore, this would NOT make them more money! This might make them a few more sales in software but they would be losing on all the sales in Hardware that a lot of people get just FOR their Nintendo fixes. Nintendo does not cram their boxes full of unnecessary hardware, so they make profit on their machines. Plus they make their machines so they can play around with new hardware ideas that other companies are too scared to think of - motion control, tablet control, and dual screens in a handheld are all NINTENDO prioneerings. And in case you haven't noticed, about half or more of the people that buy Xboxes and Playstations over Nintendo do it because they've *given up* on Nintendo in the first place. They don't care about the games you're arguing would make a profit (enough to overcome hardware loss) on other systems.

 

[Lightknight]

NO!!

I am sorry to have to *scream* that but that is exactly the point you are misunderstanding! Get Nintendo hardware for Nintendo games IS the terms of service!

Of course you need the right hardware to play the games. You're still not getting what we're saying if you keep bringing this up. The terms of service only matter to people using the service. It also isn't some sovereign doctrine. We're asking that the software be opened by Nintendo for use on other consoles. So any comments about the current "terms of service" is completely inane (useless). What does the current terms of use have anything to do with us not being able to ask they be changed? We all get that we can't currently play these games on other systems, otherwise we wouldn't bother asking that we be able to play them elsewhere.

So, I repeat, we do not misunderstand any terms of service.

Exclusives are what drive people to one machine over another and Nintendo has a roster 5 times the size of the others in terms of exclusives. What's more most of that is FIRST-party material.

Are you talking about the slew of garbage that what little 3rd party support they actually get churn out? It is VERY rare that 3rd party software for Nintendo is worth much of anything. I think it's pretty darn clear that the big names are Nintendo and just Nintendo when it comes to games on the Nintendo consoles. More on this in the rest of the response

You saying you want to play those games on other systems is like saying you want to play Halo on your PS3. That's just not the way it works. That's wanting everything to be taken to YOUR system(s) of choice, and that is straight-up not the way Nintendo works.

Furthermore, this would NOT make them more money! This might make them a few more sales in software but they would be losing on all the sales in Hardware that a lot of people get just FOR their Nintendo fixes. Nintendo does not cram their boxes full of unnecessary hardware, so they make profit on their machines. Plus they make their machines so they can play around with new hardware ideas that other companies are too scared to think of - motion control, tablet control, and dual screens in a handheld are all NINTENDO prioneerings. And in case you haven't noticed, about half or more of the people that buy Xboxes and Playstations over Nintendo do it because they've *given up* on Nintendo in the first place. They don't care about the games you're arguing would make a profit (enough to overcome hardware loss) on other systems.

Let me say this. Nintendo consoles have been significantly weaker than their competition since after the N64. This means that the huge AAA games are made for the other consoles but NOT for the gamecube/wii (and likely WiiU once the ps4/Xbone are in full swing).

This is because Nintendo, at its core, is a software company. They can't really compete with the massive hardware company that is Sony or the cash bloated Microsoft who likewise has real advantages when it comes to hardware thanks to relationships they've already built with hardware companies that rely on OS compatibility.

So when Nintendo makes hardware now, it's woefully behind. Thankfully, the Wii showed the benefit of having fun peripherals and I'd say they did damn well on that with a cheap system. But I still couldn't play all the big games that the other systems were capable of. The WiiU is a nice piece of hardware. It is significantly more powerful than the 360 in my opinion. But with the

Now enter Sony and Microsoft. They have strong 3rd party support. Yes, they each have their Halos/Uncharted just like Nintendo has its Mario. But then you start getting into stuff that both Microsoft and Sony get that Nintendo doesn't. The big blockbuster games. Bioshock, Metro, Mass Effect, Battlefield, Skryim, Assassin's Creed and everything in between. These are great games and they didn't come out on the Wii and couldn't have come out without a tremendous amount of downscaling. Did you ever see COD on the Wii compared to other titles? It was significantly and noticeably inferior.

Now that both of the other consoles and computers are all x86 and the WiiU decided to remain proprietary, there's an additional hurdle to developing on the WiiU that isn't present elsewhere. It's a larger blow than you may realize. It certainly isn't as difficult as the ps3 was but it's a hurdle all the same.

So, since Nintendo can't make hardware that's good enough to get all those huge games, all that's left to them is a small handful of exclusive 3rd party stuff (as opposed to a massive library of 3rd party games, exclusive or not on the other consoles), horribly downscaled ports, and then their own excellent line of Nintendo software. For this reason, I view Nintendo as a publishing company. They put games out at around the same rate as EA or some other big company but Nintendo is one of the best.

This is why Nintendo and not Microsoft or Sony needs to begin selling their games on other systems and to stop making home consoles. I'm not talking about their handheld division. Nintendo puts out a lot more games for their handhelds than they do for even the home console. But there is no reason for me to buy a 32GB WiiU at $350-400 when it won't be able to play the vast majority of games other consoles like the $400 ps4 can play. If you look at the games that are exclusive to the other consoles and not available on the Wii then you'll see a mountain of content they can't do. What's more, the WiiU is very behind as a media center so there's even another function missing there. It's riculous. Look at the two consoles. Do you really think that, as a piece of hardware, that the WiiU deserves to be within $50 of the most powerful console of the next generation? It is current gen technology in a next gen console.

So yes, I do think Nintendo needs to get out of the console business. They're just holding their games hostage at the cost of a console and that's not enough to get me to buy into it. Here's the worst part of debates like this. You're not dealing with people who dislike Nintendo like Sony fans and Microsoft fans have to deal with when debating eachother. You're dealing with people who like Nintendo, love their software and completely understand the appeal but cannot justify the price of a console just to play 10 first party Nintendo games over the next five years and to have it take up space in their entertainment shelf. I literally still have an N64 hooked up to my 42" 1080p TV and frankly, the WiiU doesn't deserve to take its place. I'm not even motivated to replace the Wii with it. Not for $350 for the model I'd want. What's more, my wife and I both have high paying jobs. It isn't even a problem for us but I just can't justify the expenditure. I can't imagine what it'd be like for a hardcore gamer who is also a Nintendo fan like but is strapped for cash and can only choose one system.

And what's more, what do people like you lose? You'd get to have all the same content you'd get now, but on whatever other device you'd like. If we're not talking about nixing the handheld division or any software, then is it really just so important to have an underpowered console with the Nintendo logo on it sitting under the TV that you'd rather not have something better that also plays it? Really?