Added Final Fantasy jumps to PlayStation to the poll.
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Biggest third-party slap to Nintendo
- Thread starter brykuhn91
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Bruh, the Capcom Five betrayal is easily the biggest one.
Capcom and Ninty relations haven't been the same since, hell even MH bounced and is now doing gangbusters elsewhere. The MH:W announcement for PS4/XBO/PC had me cackling like a fool after months of insistence that the western-focused MH for the PS4 leak was fake. Even after the announcement you had people claiming it was a spin-off and that the true MH5 would be on the Switch :/
Capcom and Ninty relations haven't been the same since, hell even MH bounced and is now doing gangbusters elsewhere. The MH:W announcement for PS4/XBO/PC had me cackling like a fool after months of insistence that the western-focused MH for the PS4 leak was fake. Even after the announcement you had people claiming it was a spin-off and that the true MH5 would be on the Switch :/
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Man, you went way back. The snark and obnoxiousness from series veterans in Monster Hunter World threads was hilarious.
I wouldn't actually consider it a "Slap", but they certainly did.
I don't think any of these hurt Nintendo. They live and die by their hardware and how much it can capture the imaginations of consumers at this point.
As for fans, that's a good question. I am not Nintendo-only, so I'm not bothered by games missing most Nintendo consoles. I wonder what Nintendo-only consumers think about this.
This is a good answer, though I do wonder if Nintendo was already screwed by the use of carts for the N64 rather than discs.
As for fans, that's a good question. I am not Nintendo-only, so I'm not bothered by games missing most Nintendo consoles. I wonder what Nintendo-only consumers think about this.
This is a good answer, though I do wonder if Nintendo was already screwed by the use of carts for the N64 rather than discs.
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I was going to put Final fantasy moves to PlayStation, but that was more Nintendo's own fault.
Not to mention the failure of ME3 on Wii U was cited quite a bit as to why they weren't putting other games on the platform
You can't blame Capcom it was between current gen consoles + PC and the Wii U successor
Out of this list it's definitely RE4.
Actual answer is Nintendo themselves releasing a console called the Wii U.
Actual answer is Nintendo themselves releasing a console called the Wii U.
I mean it wasn't just Final Fantasy. The creation of Playstation as a response to a humiliating move destroyed their market share for the next two generations.
The Rayman Legends thing was sort of a slap, because the game was done and some of the developers worked overtime over the holidays to get it done. It was a completely game delayed 8 months just to port it to other consoles and release simultaneously....the same month as GTAV.
EA releasing ME3 on Wii U actually generated a Bioware fanbase within Nintendo. It aint big but its there
Nothing will beat the RE4 situation, though Capcom is currently hard at work to top even that.
FF7 wasn't the slap. Square convincing other third-parties to jump ship was.
So any business decision that didn't go in favor of Nintendo is to be taken as a personal and intentional insult?
That Mass Effect one was a giant slap as someone who's a huge Mass Effect fan.
Releasing 3 for $60 on Wii U while releasing the trilogy for the other platforms for the same price was tone deaf.
FFVII going from N64 to PS1 was pretty bad too.
Releasing 3 for $60 on Wii U while releasing the trilogy for the other platforms for the same price was tone deaf.
FFVII going from N64 to PS1 was pretty bad too.
Is it really a slap when the game would have been impossible to put on the system Nintendo designed?
The whole EA thing. Not having Madden and other sports games is a big deal and it's all traced back to the Wii U. It's a shame too because imo, ME3 was best on Wii U. But you can't beat the trilogy, even with those digital comic things to fill the gaps of the first 2 games.
Those others were blows for sure, but there is a HUGE market of people who solely play sports games and Nintendo doesn't have 80% of them (they have a castrated version of FIFA and NBA2K).
Those others were blows for sure, but there is a HUGE market of people who solely play sports games and Nintendo doesn't have 80% of them (they have a castrated version of FIFA and NBA2K).
I could write a book on this. It's also the correct answer.
From that list I feel like it's RE4 but in reality it was Sony taking damn near all their third party support in the PS1/N64 gen. It set then back for years.
They survived purely on their ability to create incredible software. Like sure, PS1 had bangers every week but 64 had game changers every couple of years.
They survived purely on their ability to create incredible software. Like sure, PS1 had bangers every week but 64 had game changers every couple of years.
Square going with Playstation for FFVII, supposedly bad mouthing Nintendo, and convincing others like Enix to also go with Playstation.
(From Matt Leone's excellent 500 Years Later: An Oral History of Final Fantasy VII)
(From Matt Leone's excellent 500 Years Later: An Oral History of Final Fantasy VII)
I honestly don't understand how this isn't an option in the poll. It is THE 3rd party betrayal. How does your mind not immediately go to that after reading the thread title?
I don't know that five people is enough to constitute a fanbase.
Sometimes I wonder if the console really would've sold significantly better if they just called it "Wii 2".
I'm sorry, but to those not saying the EA one:
Rayman wouldn't have made a huge impact on console sales.
RE4 still sold big on gamecube and is the better version.
FF7 was painful for them at the time but that has since been reconciled.
BUT,
EA still barely puts games on Nintendo machines.
Rayman wouldn't have made a huge impact on console sales.
RE4 still sold big on gamecube and is the better version.
FF7 was painful for them at the time but that has since been reconciled.
BUT,
EA still barely puts games on Nintendo machines.
