With any story as deep and far-reaching as Nintendo’s, you know there’s going to be some catastrophic business decisions along the way.
Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai has asked developers to release their games in the "best condition possible" from launch.
Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate actions"
Lol! Oh Nintendo... Always having to fight some crusade, regardless of how stupid it is.
Ugh, just let them go, at least they're not as bad as the Sonic fans, that stuff will make you want to bleach your eyes. I can understand them wanted to protect their IP and prevent modding Nintendo characters into Palword, or even shutting down fan games (not that I agree with them shutting it down), but let people have their fan art.
If it's Child Porn stuff, then have them criminally investigated. Too many weird f**kers around.
There's some proper wronguns on this site, so I'm not surprised. You should see how heated they get when an article on nude mods or something alike gets posted.
During the recent shareholder Q&A, Shuntaro Furukawa mentioned how game development today is "more prolonged, more complex, and more advanced", and to deal with this Nintendo must continually expand its "development resources" and make "necessary investments".
i agree but i also think console generations need to last longer cause of it.
i mean we are half through the current gen and we havent had alot of games that took full advantage of the tech yet ha but Sony and Microsoft wont take that risk unfortunately, imo.
I'm hoping that switch 2 games quality and scrutiny is as if they were ps4,ps5 and xbox games because too many times I've bought switch games where the performance issues and graphics were horrible but were glossed over by reviewers and other fanatics. There are so many powerful and affordable hybrid consoles available now so there shouldn't be any excuses.
it always took them a complete gen to release a new Zelda game..
we also haven't got a new 3D Mario since Odyssey like 7 years ago. Same for Wonder that came out 10+ years after Bros U.
@caca because they don't do sequels for their mainline mario games with the exception of Galaxy. I like it, means that you get a fresh experience every time. It also works for them since most of their blockbuster 1st party games become smash hits. There is in fact correlation between taking your time and making a good game.
What is with you people
You keep flip flopping between "the switch is a handheld and doesn't compete with the two main consoles to "why isn't the switch compared to the ps5 or xbs"
News flash, no one cares about graphics, and no one cared about frame rates till Sony started prioritising 60+ fps
@Kneetos
"...no one cares about graphics, and no one cared about frame rates till Sony started prioritising 60+ fps[.]"
If that were even true, PS2 is when 60FPS became a normal target for PS games not PS5. Basically every game I own on PS2 targets and largely sticks to 60FPS. At this point PS1 and PS3 are the anomalies with even those systems having numerous 60FPS games however uncommon. On PS2 we have all the Ace Combat games (the holy trinity), Ratchet and Clank (4 titles), Jak and Daxter (3 games), Haven: Call of the King (the first No Mans Sky/Squadron 42), GT3/4. Even the majority of demos I remember were targeting or stuck to 60FPS. All PS2 platformers that I know of were 60FPS... Super Mario Sunshine was 30FPS, but it did have very good graphics. Uh, wait, I thought PS was the one pushing graphics, not Nintendo? In reality if graphics didn't matter Nintendo and really no one would be improving on that totally useless feature of gaming because it would be completely useless... but everyone is doing that. If no one ever cared about graphics why are better graphics the most requested feature of Switch 2? No one is saying I want 3rd parties at 60FPS with ugly smeary visuals at 300p they want better performance **AND** better graphics (at higher resolutions too).
But no one cares about graphics... 🤔
Yep. If we’re simply talking about Nintendo, I feel like this gen did last a good while though.
The Switch gen is insane, and the games' library for that thing is massive, the only reason it feels long in the tooth is that the hardware is so under powered.
We did have that moment with the X360 and PS3. That was a pretty long generation.
Personally, I didn't mind because the games were great, however the there is valid concern in trying to compete against mobile devices with static hardware. And in the age of AI, there is risk in not having the latest hardware to support the latest AI functionality. We know they're pushing for that.
I agree. Let them push the hardware till it’s completely exhausted like with the previous generations
Longer dev cycles are unavoidable doesn't mean you can't make them more efficient and cheaper with new technologies, and methods to things efficient.
You can make tools better and hardware faster as Cerny stated ps5 has the fastest time to triangle to date but game Dev takes longer because they want to aim high. I think that's why there's so many companies delving into the vaults of their past and releasing games like quake 2 hd to just have something on shelves while their big games like doom are polished up
Some truth to it, but it would be dope for most devs to up support for certain titles, why is it only no mans sky devs are the main ones who refine their game. Gotham knights for example is so much fun I don't compare it to the arkham series. Gk coulda got more updates but support stopped, forspoken coulda atleast got more support and other titles, devs just give up so easily nowadays on certain games.
That's because if publishers don't see their returns early they just give up to next game
Well covid had a huge impact after all. And games are adding more content and upping their visuals more and more with each year.
Longer dev cycles on Switch?
It's not like the hardware is pushing any graphical boundaries.
If anything the Switch, to an extent, should not be having the same long development cycle issues that exist on PS5/SeriesX/PC. The graphics barely reach PS4 levels, and that came out late 2013?
Lying about the power of the "Ultra 64" ..promising an arcade 1:1 port of Killer Instinct and later just having a super poor SNES port of the game + a very gimped version of Killer Instinct 2.
Didnt buy a Nintendo Console since the gamecube, didnt regret it.