Nintendo’s Revolution with Third Parties

It seems that folks over at Nintendo are making a few third-party developers nervous with the recent news and speculation surrounding their new console, the Nintendo Revolution. I don’t know why though. I think that Nintendo should be awarded for thinking outside the box. In my opinion, third-party developers will probably warm up to the idea after E3 this year.

CVG posted an interesting article talking about this topic, and what some inside of Nintendo have had to say on the issue.

Curiosity surrounding Nintendo’s Revolution has been further tweaked by some surprise comments from the company’s President, Satoru Iwata.

According to Iwata-san, the Revolution may be a console that third-party developers and publishers find lacks appeal, building on the general assumption that the machine will be anything but mainstream and will knock expectations for six when it’s finally unveiled at E3 this year.

Speaking to trade publication MCV recently, Iwata-san said that: “If the next generation platforms are going to create even more gorgeous looking games using further enhanced functionality, and if that next-gen market can still expand the games industry, then I’m afraid that third-parties may not support Nintendo.”

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