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It is a matter of perspective ... WII U seems to be having problems, and most of the Wii-s I know about seem to be used only as a dust gathering devices. I did

It is a matter of perspective ... WII U seems to be having problems, and most of the Wii-s I know about seem to be used only as a dust gathering devices. I didn't even know it existed up to a month or two ago. Add into the mix the fact that Japan is no longer the gaming manufacturing powerhouse it once was and I won't be much surprised if they have rough time ahead of them. How open are nintendo to indies? Most of the fun stuff happens there and it seems like a natural fit to me.

zalzane 14y ago
>How open are nintendo to indies? Absolutely not at all. The only way for joe schmoe indie developer to make games for a nintendo platform is to crack the console and make homebrew games that only work on other cracked consoles. edit: looks like someone needs to be reminded what the downvote button is for. Everything I said is factually true, and the fact that Nintendo shows "interest" at a convention or allows some of the top selling indie titles onto their platform doesn't change how hostile they are towards the homebrew community.
- mehrzad 14y ago
  Nintendo is slowly opening up to indies especially on the EShop with games like this: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/WQaA7w-yvWTrSVOJ9x5w-IfWq4ew1rrE https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/WQaA7w-yvWTrSVOJ9x5w-I... They generally only take more famous titles IIRC, but saying they hate indies is not true at all, especially with their presence at that conference recently.
  - zalzane 14y ago
    How is that an indie title? It's published by sega and is being produced by Double Fine, a well established developer that has 50+ employees.
- pfisch 14y ago
  This is completely wrong. I am part of an indie team and Nintendo has offered us much more than Microsoft or Sony. They have changed their stance towards indies significantly in the past 12 months. No one is really friendly with homebrew communities because those communities have a lot of ties to the hackers/crackers that reverse engineer their consoles. Indie devs != homebrew community. There is some crossover but we are talking about 2 different groups.

zalzane 14y ago

>How open are nintendo to indies? Absolutely not at all. The only way for joe schmoe indie developer to make games for a nintendo platform is to crack the console and make homebrew games that only work on other cracked consoles. edit: looks like someone needs to be reminded what the downvote button is for. Everything I said is factually true, and the fact that Nintendo shows "interest" at a convention or allows some of the top selling indie titles onto their platform doesn't change how hostile they are towards the homebrew community.

mehrzad 14y ago
Nintendo is slowly opening up to indies especially on the EShop with games like this: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/WQaA7w-yvWTrSVOJ9x5w-IfWq4ew1rrE https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/WQaA7w-yvWTrSVOJ9x5w-I... They generally only take more famous titles IIRC, but saying they hate indies is not true at all, especially with their presence at that conference recently.
- zalzane 14y ago
  How is that an indie title? It's published by sega and is being produced by Double Fine, a well established developer that has 50+ employees.
pfisch 14y ago
This is completely wrong. I am part of an indie team and Nintendo has offered us much more than Microsoft or Sony. They have changed their stance towards indies significantly in the past 12 months. No one is really friendly with homebrew communities because those communities have a lot of ties to the hackers/crackers that reverse engineer their consoles. Indie devs != homebrew community. There is some crossover but we are talking about 2 different groups.