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Re: Rumour: Online Survey Mentions NX's 4K Video Streaming, 900p Gameplay And Hybrid Hardware

GiacomoHall

@readyletsgo "Has anyone, ever, done one if these surveys?"

I did one for DJ Hero long before that was announced and pretty much everything that was in the survey was in the finished product. I get the impression that the game must have a least been at the prototype stage and that the survey was more about how to pitch the game to the public and not whether to make it in the first place. Personally I wasn't interested, but clearly others were.

Re: A Third-Party "Secret Developer" Gives an Inside Story of Working on Wii U

GiacomoHall

People are far too sensitive, including this developer. It's just business; from Nintendo's perspective third-party games are a low priority because they usually sell poorly and therefore do not generate much in terms of licensing revenue, there just isn't enough profit when compared to their own first-party franchises. From the third-party puiblishers' perspective, their games don't usually sell as well on Nintendo consoles so the funds allocated for those versions are low, compromising game quality and damaging sales. Add in the weak Wii U sales performance and you have a vicious circle of Nintendo not commiting to third-party publishers and vice-versa; it has been this way since the N64 and will probably continue to be this way in future.