There's someone out there killing the video game industry, and that person is YOU!
This is the part 2 of the three-part series by the Game Theorist (The part 1 is below in case you missed it) explaining why Nintendo and the industry are struggling with innovation and how the gamers are killing the gaming industry. Check it out!
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Yes they are!
Buying the same rehashed COD and shooters every year and ignoring the games that try new ideas. I don't blame devs for not making new stuff, I blame you for not supporting good and innovative games-- for not taking the risk of trying somethin' that you might like.
nice seeing this on N4G too.
on the subject itself though it's sad but also true
people aren't likely to buy a game from a new franchise
as opposed to franchise they're familiar with
Okami is also a great example they brought up.
it sold like crap and was still one of the most
critically acclaimed game on the PS2
Here we go again. No it's not gamers fault. In fact this trend started just before the golden age of gaming was beginning to end and the last generation began.
The japs didn't want to be innovative anymore, they wanted to move away from that and stick to sequels and rehashes. Why? Sequels were already established and had fans, but new games and innovation could be hit or miss and profit wise it made sense to go the churning/safe route. Turns out though that didn't work to well for the japs or the game industry as a whole.
But of course lets be corporate apologist and blame gamers yet again.
I don't know about the games, but on the tech side...
MS tried to implement some amazing features into the Xbox One, and a lot of idiots complained that they'd have to change their gaming habits slightly in return for a vastly improved experience.
The Xbox One could've been so great at launch, if it weren't for those morons.
Now, we have to wait for MS to gradually implement the same policies, so those fools don't get too butthurt.
Yes, it must be the gamers!
Not the games "journalists" who dish out high scores and game of the year awards for average and poor games (honestly, you'd think the reviews were paid for, lol!). No they CAN'T have anything to do with it, surely!
If games "journalists" were more trustworthy with their reviewing and not trying to force their agenda down our throats constantly then it might make the industry a little bit more tolerable.