-- but it's a little disappointing that the Wii U still isn't in a position to
support third party games.
Not exact matches
These are not the type of
third -
party games I referred to earlier — the «Assassin's Creed «s and «Call of Duty «s and «Fallout «s of the world are what matter nowadays when it comes to
third -
party support.
While the Wii U sold so poorly for many reasons, prime among them is a complete lack of
support from so - called
third -
party developers —
game developers other than Nintendo.
«Western
third party support appears limited to ports of Xbox 360 and [PlayStation 3]
games.
A never ending avalanche of stellar
games and
support from indie and
third party developers allowed us to fully utilize the system's on - the - go aspect, a feature that we fully embraced.
US was undertracked for wii u by 5k so european numbers could be undertracked (or overtracked but who knows) mario kart is doing something like iwata said a stream line of
games can sell a console and thats whats coming a stream line of
games we have hyrule warriors, bayonetta 2, sonic boom, toad, smash bros, yoshi, kirby, devils
third, xeno x, zelda u, star fox, mario vs dk, mario maker, mario
party 10, wii sports club u retail, watch dogs, project cars, skylanders, disney infinity, lego
games, tons of amazing indies like fast racing neo its there its enought
games for a secondary console its still being
supported thats how nintendo will work they wont give up until wii u owners are satisfied (according to iwata)
With Bethesda's upcoming AAA
game lineup, including The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and The Evil Within, all skipping out on Wii U platform launches, one might wonder where all of the
third party support for Nintendo's console is going.
Back when Nintendo had better
third -
party support, primarily the between the NES - Gamecube eras, racing
games were plentiful.
Third party games that
support Microsoft's notion of true 4k gaming are a must.
We've already seen many great indie
games like Stardew Valley, A Flame in the Flood, and Axiom Verge make their way onto the Switch this month alone, and with the success of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle we may start seeing more
third -
party support as well in the coming months.
The
game is one of Nintendo of Japans concepts to increase
third party support in Japan.
While they may not have the gravitas of a Fallout or Star Wars Battlefront, there are still
third party and independent developers out there dutifully
supporting Nintendo's consoles with interesting
games.
Further promoting the Switch's
third -
party support, the men begin playing what looks like an NBA 2K
game against each other, showing off the console's wireless communication capabilities.
now when the nextbox and ps4 come out we will be relying on devs who want to work on the wiiU for
third party games, as the hardware seems like it's going to be lightyears apart which devs will want to down grade their
game to
support a console most of them don't like working with to start off with.
Even with no
third -
party support, that's a monstrous catalog, containing most of the greatest
games ever made.
As long as Nintendo is putting other
games out and getting
third party support there is no downside to having many different Mario
games available for consumers
Hard to
support third party when they simply refuse to release their
games in a timely matter.
I really think they should have included the Pro in last year's E3, MS showed how much momentum they can rack up in
third party -
support with the One X at E3, while Pro still languishes in a sea of confusion about which
games benefit in which ways.
We have suffered from lack of
Third Party support ever since the N64 era — although it was more due to Nintendo's policies fault, time have changed, and even though they are doing what they can to get your
support, and
gamers are eagerly waiting for that, you still decide to punish us with your jokes that you call «
support».
The trailer above shows off several other first -
party games, including Splatoon and Mario Kart, while a host of
third party publishers and developers are also set to
support the Nintendo Switch.
While the PlayStation Vita hasn't received any first -
party support from Sony for years now, that doesn't stop
third -
party developers / indies from launching their
games on our favorite little handheld.
I don't think they are trying to phase out Diddy, Birdo, or Bowser Jr. since they actually are still using them in other
games (they all were in Camelot's last Mario
game, Mario Golf: World Tour and they will all be in the yet to be released Rio Olympics
game after all) I think it really is just a matter of most of Nintendo's projects being rushed this gen to make up for a lack of
third party support and so things that seem obvious to us end up getting added later as DLC or left out all together.
And now the
game has even more charm going for it, as it appears that Stardew Valley is gearing up to become the latest title (and the first
third -
party Switch title) with
support for the Nintendo Switch's recently - added video capture feature.
Though the browser
supports Flash, which is used heavily in the
third -
party websites, the
games and content didn't work very well on the Nabi in my tests.
Nintendo has never made and will likely never make an M - rated
game, which means the Wii will always need
third -
party support in order to draw, in however diminished a capacity,
gamers looking for more mature fare, a fact that Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils - Aime readily admits.
And because
third parties will no longer be able to use the excuse of «no true Unreal
support», many more
third parties will make
games for it, thus leading to more sales.
During the Wii generation,
third parties were only
supporting systems with their big
games that had high specs.
Used to start out with Call of Duty but, with that contract ending and going to Sony it starts with Bonnie Ross from 343 Industries taking the stage to talk about Halo, goes to Battlefield now, Microsofts turn to show Assassin's Creed this year, they go on to two more
third -
party games, then Phil Spencer comes on stage to announce everything from that point on will be Xbox and Windows 10 exclusive kicked off with Turn 10 and their next Forza title, then they'll show their next Fable
game, Chris Charla will then be on stage to talk about [email protected] they'll show some Hololens stuff, talk about Xbox Live and will finish off with The Coalitions new IP, hopefully, otherwise it'll be Gears of War 5 to close it out and then Phil Spencer will come on stage and say: «We've shown you today that we have the best in class first -
party developers working on exclusive
games for the most power console ever, we've shown you we have
support from
third -
party developers which have chosen to showcase their
games for the most powerful console.
A bit of a disappointment really considering this was one of the big
games at E3 next week helping demonstrate the wide
third -
party support for the console.
The hardware was good enough to offer a wide range of
games and we were ready to welcome
third -
party editors, with a real development kit, instruction booklets, some real
support, etc..»
You missed the point, those two system ARE N'T JUST about the exclusives, they have MAJOR
third party support & that's key to winning next gen. Third party games are becoming more & more appealing, not to mention that the Wii spark (which made it the best selling console last gen) has died, no one looks at the WiiU and thinks: «Wow, I like the new touch screen controller» because believe it or not, it makes it hard for you to focus from one screen to the other & that doesn't work well with a console that needs to be hooked to a TV (games that support switching gameplay from the TV to the controller are great thou
third party support & that's key to winning next gen.
Third party games are becoming more & more appealing, not to mention that the Wii spark (which made it the best selling console last gen) has died, no one looks at the WiiU and thinks: «Wow, I like the new touch screen controller» because believe it or not, it makes it hard for you to focus from one screen to the other & that doesn't work well with a console that needs to be hooked to a TV (games that support switching gameplay from the TV to the controller are great thou
Third party games are becoming more & more appealing, not to mention that the Wii spark (which made it the best selling console last gen) has died, no one looks at the WiiU and thinks: «Wow, I like the new touch screen controller» because believe it or not, it makes it hard for you to focus from one screen to the other & that doesn't work well with a console that needs to be hooked to a TV (
games that
support switching gameplay from the TV to the controller are great though!).
If there had to be cuts made for this
game to run smoothly, that doesn't bode well for the future of
third party support on the switch.
This seems like a good opportunity to reiterate how annoyed I get when people say Nintendo doesn't get
third party support when they mean Nintendo doesn't get (much) Western AAA
third party support, as though Japanese
games and indie
games (and Japanese indie
games) don't count.
The only way I see things turning around for them in terms of
third -
party support is if all the top AAA
games releasing in Fall have a Nintendo switch version.
They won't have any problems getting
third party support if
games can run at 1080p 60 fps with no drops or graphical sacrifices.
The problem is that the major
third party support is going to die off for either Xbox or PS4 - they are the same machine, with same
games.
Another way to look at it is, if you have great
third party support, they you can make money on software sells without having to foot the bill for all the money required for 1st
party game development.
Just make it an AMD APU with unified memory so
third parties can go nuts
supporting it, and just do what you do making great
games.
PS Vita and Wii U were abandoned by Sony and Nintendo respectively, so yes, there won't be
games coming out from them, although PS Vita is still very much
supported by
third parties.
This just sounds to me like Bethesda and Rockstar are trying their hand but if they get the same results that those other Publishers got you're going to see the exact same situation as the previous Nintendo systems so it really is up to Nintendo
Gamers to really really
support some of these
third -
party games if they don't want to see the same reaction as the previous publishers.
Alongside the announcement of the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony also announced that many already - released
third -
party and first -
party games for PS4 would become «forward compatible» for the PS4 Pro via patches adding 4K and / or HDR
support.
Thanks to extensive
third -
party support, an infusion of unorthodox indie
games and a slew of Wii U re-releases from Nintendo, the Switch has dozens of quality titles to enjoy, with even more on the way.
Thanks to extensive
third -
party support, an infusion of unorthodox indie
games and a slew of Wii U re-releases from Nintendo, the Switch has
More consoles sold will mean more
support from
third parties (non-Nintendo
game developers).
What
games are in the pipeline, what
third party support will there be and will that continue beyond the launch year?
While dozens of
third party publishers and developer are
supporting Nintendo to bring their
games to Nintendo Switch, it seems that Bioware will not be releasing its
games to Nintendo's upcoming console.
The Wii U can't rival the
third -
party support of its competitors, but
games like Resident Evil: Revelations, Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Mass Effect 3 (and if you really must, Watch Dogs) ensure that there's something for everyone.
The console had minimal
third -
party support, and its «best»
games could be counted on your hands.
Proves that Wii - to - 3DS ports are possible, presumably doesn't take a lot of developer resources, might leave Nintendo with tools to do more «quick ports» or to
support third parties who want to give their
games a second chance at life on the portable.
The N64 had crappy
third party support and the releases were few and far between but at least when Nintendo did release a
game they delivered HUGE.