Sony/Microsoft to make it.
No seriously. Nobody makes games on Nintendo consoles anymore for the bull**** reason that they think they'll be outsold by first party software. On top of that, the only reason I buy Nintendo consoles anymore is to play their first party games, except for the few very rare good third party games that aren't later released on other consoles. Making Nintendo a software-only or handheld-only developer will solve both of these problems. Nintendo is quite frankly stuck in the 1990s when it comes to gaming. They have had no significant upgrades in graphics since 2001 and no upgrade in online since 2005. Even their flagship titles are becoming formulaic. Mario games are either 2D platformers that try to emulate Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World or 3D platformers that try to emulate Super Mario 64, Zelda games try to emulate Ocarina of Time, and do I even need to mention Pokemon? All of these games are still very good and very well made but also very derivative. If Nintendo thinks they can keep getting their fanbase to buy what is essentially the same game over and over again and make a profit off of it then they need to seriously reevaluate their business strategy. They struck gold with the Wii and marketing it to an older (and by older I don't mean 18-34 year old males which is what's usually meant by the term, I mean 34-62 year old females) audience because now they not only have Nintendo fans buying their consoles but also old ladies. If you go to the average Xbox owner's house, they'll likely have Call of Duty, Halo, Guitar Hero, etc. because they're a young male gamer. If you go to the average Wii owner's house they'll likely have Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Guitar Hero, etc. because they're not a gamer, they're an old lady. When you look at the sales figures for the Wii, almost all of the games that sell high are first party multiplayer games that require some kind of perhipheral, be it a Wii Wheel, a Balance Board, Motion Plus, a Gamecube controller, or even if it just comes with a second Wii remote. This trend has changed very slightly in the last few years since Nintendo has saturated the market to the point where you can easily find USED Wiis, which would be unheard of in 2006-2008. Developers hate the Wii because it can't run algorithms as complex as the 360 or PS3 can. Digital distributors hate the Wii because of the file size limitations. Third-party publishers hate the Wii because they know their games will get outsold by Nintendo's games. Even Wii owners hate the Wii because they have to deal with buying, on average, only two or three games a year.
Sorry, most of that was just random ranting. My point is just that I really don't like how Nintendo has handled themselves over the past 5 years and I just want them to go back to caring about having the best games instead of the highest sales.
