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Nintendo should really just resurrect its own sports label. Work with some teams that have done ports in the past and push out a new NBA Courtside, Pennant Chase Baseball, Golf, Soccer, Hockey, Football game.

Not as easy as it sounds. Some of those sports such as nfl have exclusive deals with ea. Other only want companies who are multi platform.

 

[onipex]

Not as easy as it sounds. Some of those sports such as nfl have exclusive deals with ea. Other only want companies who are multi platform.

They could just make enough Wii Sports and Mario Sports games to cover all the sports. Those sold more on Nintendo's systems than EA sports did anyway.

 

[pixlexic]

Not as easy as it sounds. Some of those sports such as nfl have exclusive deals with ea. Other only want companies who are multi platform.

I would get back into sports games if they were like the nes days.. made up teams.. more creative takes on the sports.. like pro wrestling and ice hockey.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

What first party games are there available on the Wii U?

NSMB U and Nintendo Land. Not sure if there are any others. But you say that like NSMB U wasn't meant to be a Nintendo big gun? Because they are as heck went into this generation with the attitude that it's the bee's knees.

Also, for those using the 3DS turnaround as an example. Key difference is that's the handheld market, which Nintendo traditionally fares better in. Things are different for home consoles. I don't think Nintendo whipping out Mario/Kart/Smash (if they did) this Christmas would do very much at all. There are too many issues / much confusion around the system.

 

[Grampa Simpson]

The funny thing about the blockbuster model is that if we consider console gaming as we do film, the major video game publishers would end up being Activision, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Take-Two, Microsoft and Sony in that order. Together, those seven companies own nearly 75% of the marketshare for 2012 and three of them create all the major gaming platforms outside of the mobile market. This is of course slightly less than the nearly 80% and nearly 90% which the six major film studios and three major record labels control respectfully. As for why I've stopped at seven? I wanted to include Microsoft and Sony because of their hardware maker status, and the eighth largest publisher in terms of market share this year was THQ and well, we can't really consider a bankrupt, defunct company as a major publisher now can we? However, if video games were to really consolidate, it would be around those seven companies most likely.

Even if video games adopt a studio system like film, Nintendo would likely be one of those studios, so EA will likely have to deal with Nintendo's continued existence in the market.

Thanks.

What I worry about is a collusion between Acti, EA, Ubi, or TT - really EA or Acti and one of the other three.

If any two of them or more decided that they needed to (with great hubris) change the business model, and got any one of the three platform holders to go with them on this quest. Or even worse two of them.

I really do believe that we're seeing this right now, as an attempt to move from a mixed physical product/licensed software model to a purely licensed software model. I think if this thing becomes a Sony/MS/EA/Acti thing, we see a crash. Possibly a real crash that leaves a lot of collateral damage in it's wake.

If we don't see a crash, then it becomes an interesting analogy where we see a couple games a month come out in the big theaters (PS/XBOX) and indie games come out on the PC/Nintendo/Ouya/Whatever.

From there it's a big change that will just be sad for someone like me.