A much rumored sequel still holds great promise though as its development will not be as time constrained as the first. Games on their way to becoming Million Sellers…. When hardcore gamers first learned that Umbrella Chronicles was to be a light-gun game, internet forums all over the web very nearly burst with indignation. Capcom eventually won them over with copious amounts of fan service and cooperative play with a surprisingly fun and meaty title.
One was a poorly conceived casual waggle-fest that bombed at retail, and the other was an intelligent re-imagining of a popular series that is now quickly approaching a million sales. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 1. Rayman Raving Rabbids 1. Carnival Games 1. Sonic and the Secret Rings 1. Games on their way to becoming Million Sellers… Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles k Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom When hardcore gamers first learned that Umbrella Chronicles was to be a light-gun game, internet forums all over the web very nearly burst with indignation.
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Last edit by Yiannis Koumoutzelis on 30th September pm. Iwata was thus adamant that matters had to change for the 3DS.
Enter your email address. More stories Nintendo reveals top-selling indie games of Platform holder says that 15 titles topped indie sales charts throughout the year By Jeffrey Rousseau 10 days ago. Latest comments 14 David Stenow 11 years ago. No kidding. Nintendo has always been strongest on the first-party IPs, and the Wii focusing on the segment where many consumers buys one or two games each year, well of course that'll be the Nintendo IP games.
The 3DS seems to appeal more to the core crowd, so far we've mostly seen media focus on the classic Nintendo IP titles. While I realise this is partly because of journalists being nostalgic over Kid Icaros and other titles from their childhood I doubt that a market that focuses less on new IP than Activision themselves will be very attractive for new developers. Kingman Cheng Illustrator and Animator 11 years ago.
David, I think the media has glossed over more 3rd party 3DS titles than 1st party so far. Don't they say this at the pre-launch of every console though and then about 18 months in everyone says I hope it changes - for the whole industry's sake.
David Stenow 11 years ago. Jimmy, perhaps. I'm not sure for how long the third party developers have had to work with the 3D engine, but I'm sure Nintendo has a headstart and will manage to make it work better for their titles. And let's be honest, the 3D gimmick is everything that makes the 3DS interesting. Last edit by David Stenow on 30th September pm. One of the major mistakes the industry continues to make is ASSUMING because there are millions of casual gamers now playing on every possible device, ALL of these folk will gladly buy into any new tech as soon as it's launched and support it until the next upgrade is announced which is made to grab newer consumers rather than keep some of the older ones.
In terms of third-party Wii games, well Separate the good ones from the shovelware and it's sort of easy to see why first-party games do much better. Add the fact that a lot of Wii owners probably aren't regular game buyers and also probably rent more games than they actually buy and it's no wonder sales have been slowing. Based on reaction worldwide, the 3DS looks like it'll sell like hotcakes and the ability to play older games is a good thing and makes me wonder why Nintendo so rapidly killed off the GameBoy name - GB games for all the platforms are still sold and traded in huge amounts - that name recognition and some great titles from the original up to the GBA era make it so.
On that front, Nintendo shouldn't need to worry too much. In the end, it really doesn't matter how good the games are if the "projected' amount of consumers are merely waiting for a price drop at some point or simply doesn't want to play 3D games for whatever reasons. One thing I rarely read about in industry news is the simple fact that we're still very much in a worldwide recession, no matter what the news says about it "letting up".
Or higher - polls suck, anyway because the information is easily manipulated and people do change their minds. Nintendo has held a solid grasp on the handheld market for what two decades now and I don't think they'll fall off the map anytime soon unless they price out consumers who'd normally snap up a new Nintendo product.
Granted, the many celebrities and fewer critics that get that 3DS and games for free will be having a blast Terence Gage Freelance writer 11 years ago. Greg, although I broadly agree with your comments that there are still global financial problems ongoing, if Nintendo markets the 3DS well with the right kind of software then it will shift millions of units - I mean, just look at how well the iPhone 4 and iPad have done.
I'm not suggesting that the DS family has such a desirable reputation as the iOS hardware, but there are ? Nintendo are bloody good at marketing in the last few years, so I certainly would not underestimate their output. And 1st party studios always have more time to work on software leading up to launch than do 3rd parties.
But that's also why Nintendo has delayed the 3DS; to allow 3rd parties more sufficient time to prepare for console launch. I think that says a lot about Nintendo at the moment.
Nick states Nintendo says this every generation but not to this level they don't and not so much that they'll bypass the important holiday shopping season and take a nasty hit on their stock price just to ensure 3rd parties are ready.
Why don't you start speeding up the process to become an official developer? I will try to be objective but I have my fan hat on. There must be a reason why nintendo games sell more don't you think? Helping 3rd party developers understand how to develop better games on their consoles would be a great step! Is it a coincidence that the few times nintendo was somehow involved in 3rd party development that game was very good and did quite well?
Almost with every game and demo they make they give lessons in exploiting the features of their consoles effectively. I understand they have a somehow unfair advantage due to being the makers of the hardware but.. And we are talking about a huge amount of games for wii and ds. Churning constantly, one bad port after the other However i too think that they should make it easier for small indie teams to develop a game on 3ds or future consoles.
Anyone with a PC or mac can make a game for online distribution on other hanhdeld devices. I wish engines like unity or shiva3d show interest in 3ds development!
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