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Being A Nintendo Third Party

Nintendo Third Parties Don't Need Your Pity, Publisher Says


There are so many Wii games and DS games on store shelves — so many bad ones — that you'd think Majesco CEO Jesse Sutton would like to complain about them. His company focuses on Wii and DS, after all.

And you'd think he might take the opening to talk about the stress of Nintendo first-party sales dominance. Nope!

Asked about the assumed struggles of being a third party on the Wii and DS in an earnings call earlier this month, Sutton said they are not holding Majesco back. Meaty analyst-exec conversation (that just might teach you something) follows...

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10:00 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By StephenTotilo
6,111 views, 32 comments

control issues

Introducing The Snakebyte Riimote

There's really not much a third party company can do with the Nintendo Wiimote controller. Since so many peripherals (GH Controller, Zapper, Shark Gun) are designed specifically to accommodate the shape of the standard Wiimote, you can't except to see any wild variations as you might with a third party Xbox 360 or PS3 controller. This fact has kept many peripheral makers away from the Wii, but not Sunflex. The German controller company fiddled with the button shapes, slapped a shiny new coat of paint and a rubberized grip and voila! The Snakebyte Riimote. Get it? Riimote! Like remote, only spelled like Wii! HA! Ahem. The controller comes in two colors, Glossy Black and Lipstick Pink (for the girls - their words), and should be available February 8th across Europe for 39,99€. The company plans on complimenting the Riimote with the Snakebyte Nunchaku, wireless Nunchaku, and Retro Controller this spring, along with new colors of the Riimote itself.

Sunflex Product Gallery [Sunflex Europe]

8:40 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,589 views, 60 comments

Latest by n/a: After buying and testing this, it does not work properly. NOT RECOMMENDED. To pay the same price as the original, stick to Nintendo. more »

nintendo

Third Party Games For Wii Will Take Off Like DS

Whether or not you have problems with the Nintendo Wii's graphical prowess or its real world Wiimote functionality, a system is only as good as its titles. And the third party titles that we've seen so far on the Wii have been a disappointment. Luckily, Nintendo realizes that third party support is an issue, and addressed the topic during their third quarter report:
If you look at the data for our third quarter you'll see that, out of the 14 Wii titles that shipped over a million units, 11 of those were our titles. However, if you look at the 50 titles that shipped over a million units on DS, only 28 of those are ours.
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12:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,772 views, 121 comments

Latest by n/a: And to add to my argument, I know that Gears of War is better than Halo, but why the hell consumers bought more Halo? Franchise groupies, that´s why. more »

breaking

Reggie On Third-Party Wii Game Quality

While Nintendo's own titles have been almost uniformly amazing on the Nintendo Wii, third-party publishers have achieved mixed success, with truly stellar titles (Raving Rabbids, Zak and Wiki) few and far between. In the Nintendo conference call today, NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime details plans to help third-party companies achieve Ninetndo levels of quality.
"On any system you will have a range of quality. Publishers are working extremely hard to take advantage of the Wii and it's unique abilities. Those publishers who do a great job enjoy fantastic sales. As publishers understand how to take advantage of the unique aspects of the remote you will see better and better games. We already have a certification program and publishers need to conform with a number of key aspects to get certified. What we don't do is have some sort of filter for quality, because quality is so subjective. Nintendo is working hand in glove with publishers to share with them our level of expertise with the technology."
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9:40 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Mike Fahey
8,445 views, 110 comments

Latest by n/a: 1) Nintendo's 3rd party software sale are not as important as Sony & MS, because they both sale there hardware at a lost to make money. Nintendo on the other hand Sale everything 1st party for a profit, from control more »

exclusives

MGS4 Needs To Sell Over A Million On Day One

Could Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (it's been a long day) be the last of the great exclusives? A Reuters article explores this possibility, explaining that game development is becoming far too costly for third-party developers to concentrate on any one console. Take MGS4, for instance. Assistant Producer Ryan Payton claims that the game will have to sell over a million copies on the first day of release to recoup the enormous development costs the game has accrued. A tall order, especially considering that only two PS3 games have reached the million mark since the system was released, much less on the first day, so it is easy to see how unattractive exclusives have become. At least Sony is prepared for the end of exclusivity.
"We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment," said Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony. "From our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything."
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12:40 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Mike Fahey
14,535 views, 260 comments

Latest by Enigma_20XX: @O-Z: Bullshiat. And what is this supposed common equation that should be "common knowledge?" I say that they're just coming up with the most ludicrous profit goal they can think of just to call it a failure. What the hell's the more »

ship date

PS3 Exclusive Haze IS Coming This Year...in December

Back at E3, Sony spent a lot of time hyping up two big third-party PlayStation 3 exclusives for this fall: Unreal Tournament III and Haze. Unreal Tournament III has slipped into 2008 according to Midway (or late December according to Epic), so that begs the question: What about Haze? At one point it was set for release in November, but now EB Games is reporting a launch in early December, with a December 4th release date. Sources close to Ubisoft tell me that the game is indeed coming this year (although I'm hearing December 11th), so it looks like Sony will at least get one third-party exclusive out the door. Still, I bet the house that Ken Kutaragi built is kicking itself that it didn't lock up Assassin's Creed as a PS3 exclusive, especially with early review scores like a 9.5 from Game Informer. (I've played the game but my thoughts can't be posted until Tuesday morning).

10:00 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By geoff
4,489 views, 77 comments

Latest by n/a: btw, as Infinity Ward as clearly shown, there's less and less of a reason to be supporting LIVE when you can get the same experience *for free.* The only compelling reason not to choose that option is more »

third party is no party

Nintendo Says Get to the Back of the Box [Update]

Nintendo knows it. People buy Nintendo consoles to play Nintendo games. So no wonder third parties don't get much respect! Mike Wilson from developer GameCock explains the situation:

...we discovered that it's actually the letter of the law with Nintendo to put the publisher's name on the front of the box and the spine, and the developer only on the back. Obviously, this flies in the face of our philosophy of who deserves the credit, and how gamers can actually see who made the game they love or hate, and thereby develop a relationship with their favorite artists, just like authors, musicians, directors, and so on. Nintendo of America says it's a customer service issue, and they believe people might try to call the developer if they have a problem with the game, and they want them to call the publisher, who is the licensee of NOA.

Sure, it's a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval thing, but c'mon. Seems like unnecessary branding on Nintendo's part — like they're taking credit or something.
GameCock Interview [GameSpot via Go Nintendo] Hit the jump for the update. More »

6:00 AM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,347 views, 77 comments

Latest by KiyuKo: @creid: I got the joke, and I laughed as well. more »

it's just bidniz

Bank of Amercia Analyst - PS3 Price Cuts Won't Help


Business Week recently interviewed Michael L. Savner, a Bank of America analyst, who doesn't think a price cut for the PS3 will make the matters any better for Sony. Although he remarked on the obvious hurdles (high prices, Blu-ray, lack of exclusives at launch), the bulk of the interview focused on how the PS3 is hurting third-party developer sales. More »

1:20 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,858 views, 176 comments

gizmodo

PS2 Controllers Make the Best Robot Controllers

Osaka, Japan is the robot capital of Japan — The world, even. Over the weekend in Hankyu department store, there was a display in which soccer playing robots duked it out. Here's the cool bit: They were controlled by third party PS2 wireless controllers from Japanese peripheral maker, Hori. I'd never thought about it, but using a game pad for robots makes perfect sense. Still! I do have a soft spot for retro RC controllers and always will. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:40 AM on Mon Apr 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,963 views, 16 comments

Latest by bluerondo: Look carefully on the left side of the first photo: That's the Nintendo Museum in the background. more »

nintendo

Miyamoto's Insight: No Crappy Bench Warmers

Hey third party developers! Shigeru Miyamoto has some advice for ya: Don't put your crappy teams to work on Nintendo games. Put your best ones — he top of the litter, the cream of the crop. Heck, that's what Nintendo does, so you should too. Miyamoto offers this: More »

6:00 AM on Mon Apr 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,733 views, 48 comments

nintendo

Nintendo Fans Are Never Happy

You can please some of the fans sometimes, but none of the Nintendo fans none of the times. Over at Newsweek's Level Up, GoNintendo's Kevin Cassidy (cool sunglasses, dude) takes the mic and challenges how some view all things not truly Nintendo: More »

12:00 AM on Wed Mar 14 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,553 views, 49 comments

wii

Another Wireless Wii Sensor Bar, But Better

Don't need, don't want it. But, for people who hate wires, this might be perfect. Back in December, we (not "we," Luke actually) posted a wireless Sensor Bar. It kinda sucked. More »

3:00 AM on Tue Feb 13 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,719 views, 15 comments

ps3

PS3 Rumble Headset

OK, I know the idea of a headset that rumbles seem insane, but this new PS3 headset also has four mini-speakers in each earcup and a built in microphone. More »

7:00 PM on Thu Dec 21 2006
By Brian Crecente
12,874 views, 34 comments

reggie

Reggie On Elite Beat Sales ("Disappointed"), Wii-mote Battery Issue ("Go Third Party")

A while back, MTV's Stephen Totilo had a whooper of an interview with Nintendo honcho Reggie Fils-Aime. There's been concern about how the Wii-mote eats batteries. But is Nintendo planning an internal rechargeable battery? Meh. Says Reggie: More »

1:22 PM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
643 views, 50 comments

mii

Third Party Will Love Mii

The Wii's x-factor? Forget the Wii-mote, it's those Mii's Kotakuites keep using as their avatars. A recent Reuters piece gives the masses a run-down as to what a "Mii" is ("customized, cartoony version of themselves"). Currently Wii Sports and WarioWare are the only two announced titles that will make in-game Mii use. Says Nintendo's George Harrison: More »

1:23 AM on Fri Oct 13 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,008 views, 27 comments

ps3

Square Enix and Others Undecided on PS3 Exclusivity

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story up outlining the challenges facing the Playstation 3 as we near the start of what will likely become one of the most heated consoles wars to date. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Sep 26 2006
By Brian Crecente
437 views, 42 comments

wii

Wii's Launch Window Line-Up

At the press conference Nintendo talked about having about 30 titles for the Wii by the end of the year. Well, this list shows the titles that should be out by the end of their "launch window" which runs through March 31, according to the press release. Hit the jump to enjoy. This is from Ninttendo's official press release about their launch releases.Brian Crecente More »

5:41 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Brian Crecente
173 views, 33 comments

ps3

List of Canceled PS3, 360 Titles

Technophilia has an interesting list up showing all of the canceled PS3, Xbox 360 and cross-platform next-gen games. The PS3 lists eight games by name and then says they're have been many more. There's only one Xbox 360 title listed as canned. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Aug 4 2006
By Brian Crecente
971 views, 10 comments

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