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NIS America apologizes for saying ‘Sony is not friendly with small publishers’
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Well they have a bit more financial freedom since they stopped supporting indies I heard.
That's not really why he's apologizing, he's just plain contradicted the his previous description of the deal for SNK heroines.
"Sony aren't friendly with small publishers because they're too busy making the big bucks, but I shouldn't have said this publicly. For that, I am truly sorry."
The most interesting part of his original statement was the one where Nintendo deliberately made a deal so that the PlayStation 4 would not get a physical version of the game.
It lends proof to past statements that platform holders are willing to spend money to prevent not only marketing but releases on other platforms.
It lends proof to past statements that platform holders are willing to spend money to prevent not only marketing but releases on other platforms.
https://nintendoeverything.com/interview-snk-heroines-devs-talk-switch-game-modes-and-more/
Reminder that SNK itself has said that the Switch version only came into existence in the middle of development.
Reminder that SNK itself has said that the Switch version only came into existence in the middle of development.
Possibly, but with more than half of all PS4 games being bought digitally now I'm not sure Sony would even care to match whatever offer Nintendo gave them.
lol
This is almost like a reality show.
"You are bad."
"You said what?"
"Nah, nothing."
*awkward silence*
Edit: I mean, professionally he had to say something else after that interview, so this is good.
His previous comments were not very business savvy and not helpful for the company.
This is almost like a reality show.
"You are bad."
"You said what?"
"Nah, nothing."
*awkward silence*
Edit: I mean, professionally he had to say something else after that interview, so this is good.
His previous comments were not very business savvy and not helpful for the company.
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Yep, this is the first time I'm hearing of exclusive physical version, the game isn't even big to begin it but Nintendo still went for it.
It doesn't seem like the apology is explicitly about that statement(?), but either way, a public apology for saying that Sony isn't nice to small publishers definitely makes me think Sony is actually nice to small publishers.
I think if Nintendo paid for exclusivity they'd get, well, exclusivity.
Yeah the chances are high this a bactrack story to cover his ass.
Agree that they don't seem to be apologizing for comments made about Sony not caring about small Publishers. Seems like they are apologizing for letting details of the deal out about how the decision was made to bring it to Switch.
True. You had plenty thinking that SNK Heroine was exclusive to Switch, and I saw many on Twitter even still did think it was exclusive until this PR hit. Nintendo has the marketing deal. Playstation's YT channel doesn't have Shermie's debut trailer for the game but Nintendo does.
The thing that struck me as odd was that, at least how it was translated, was it sounded like there would be no physical PS4 version, when there clearly is a $120 LE for it. I understand that that is probably the only western physical release for it on PS4, but the interview read more like "at all" and I was wondering if they were changing the LE to have a game code.
But now he's saying it's not true so whoops!
Unless that's one part was true and the rest was false....
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All of this over an all female cast fighting game? Smh women ruining my favorite hobby again!
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Wish NIS stuck to their guns. Nintendo may be just as bad someday, but its all about alliances. Sony won't be king forever. Guess Kaz was irritated he had to send a henchman to make NIS recant. I wonder if a western niche developer had spoken out against Sony, would they have been silenced too.
I misread that and the article completely backwards. My bad.
That said, no doubt Nintendo does. They're not stupid.
Oh of course, everybody makes deals, and I actually think this is a classic case of walking back something true because it upsets the wrong people.
I'd say if this is true then Nintendo clearly isn't aggressive enough, otherwise this wouldn't have a PS4 release at all.
Oh jeez, i can only wonder all the shadiness behind this with Sony threatening NIS for saying such things about them. (they didn't say anything wrong by the way, Jim Ryan himself said that indie and small publishers are no longer a priority for Sony)
As I understand it, SNK originally only planned to release the game for PS4 with NISA publishing it. NISA than got an idea to jump on the Switch hype train and tried to strike a deal with Nintendo.
So, not only they were able to convince SNK to make the game for Switch, they also managed to come up with this physical version semi-exclusive deal.
And now they apologize because the article painted bad light on Sony and SNK because it was all their own doing.
So, not only they were able to convince SNK to make the game for Switch, they also managed to come up with this physical version semi-exclusive deal.
And now they apologize because the article painted bad light on Sony and SNK because it was all their own doing.
Nobody is king forever but you don't want to be an idiot and destroy relationships. Nintendo has done this just as much as Sony or MS.