The head honcho at Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that the company need support from third-party developers.
In an interview with Industry Gamers, the big ‘R’ explained exactly why Nintendo need the support.
"For us, it is important that third parties bring their very best content to our platform,” said Fils-Aime.
"The fact of the matter is we know we create great content for younger consumers, we know we've got great content for more casual players, and we want fantastic content for that more active player who loves Metroid or Zelda but maybe also wants something like a BioShock 2 to play as well.”
"And we also recognise that we don't create that type of content ourselves. We're not good at it and it's not a key focus area. So we want that content on our platform, so we have to court third-party developers and encourage them to make [those games], but it also has to be financially viable for them as well."
In an interview with Industry Gamers, the big ‘R’ explained exactly why Nintendo need the support.
"For us, it is important that third parties bring their very best content to our platform,” said Fils-Aime.
"The fact of the matter is we know we create great content for younger consumers, we know we've got great content for more casual players, and we want fantastic content for that more active player who loves Metroid or Zelda but maybe also wants something like a BioShock 2 to play as well.”
"And we also recognise that we don't create that type of content ourselves. We're not good at it and it's not a key focus area. So we want that content on our platform, so we have to court third-party developers and encourage them to make [those games], but it also has to be financially viable for them as well."
It’s strange to hear Reggie admit that Nintendo aren’t good at something, but with Nintendo publishing titles such as Monster Hunter Tri and Dragon Quest IX shows that the company is serious about support from other developers. Perhaps this could be the end of crappy mini-game collections and party games for the Wii?… yeah, right.
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