Here we go again, again. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has been running his own sophisticated computerative thinkonometrics regarding the effect of Nintendo's massive success on third parties, and he disagrees with Todd Mitchell's negative assessment.
Basically, Mitchell said that because Nintendo titles dominate Nintendo consoles, that a market with a Nintendo console in the lead would lead to smaller market percentages for third parties. Pachter called the prediction "naive," noting that part of third parties' relative failure on previous Nintendo platform was the fact that they didn't do much publishing. He cited EA and Ubisoft specifically, both of whom are showing more activity on the Wii and DS. If publishers release more games-- and non-games-- they'll sell more!
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5-01-2007 @ 11:17AM
Alex said...
I wish Pachter would have also noted that the third party companies who have actually put on the effort of making quality titles on Nintendo systems have all been succesful. If you look at the best selling third party games on the N64 such as turok and xtreme G, and Gamecube, such as Resident Evil and Soul Calibur II, they have all been quality titles. 3rdP Companies are complainng because other games like Madden arent selling well because nintendo fans are used to quality, exlusive games on their systems. red steel isn't that great (but still decent) of a game yet still sold relatively well just because it was exclusive (and the only "mature" title at the time).
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5-01-2007 @ 4:41PM
Mr Khan said...
People fear change
Watch them fear it
Its funny, isn't it?
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5-01-2007 @ 5:33PM
Rubang B said...
Shut up Khan or I'll change your face!
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