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Nintendo is also working hard to court indie developers. That crowdfunding spoof was to attract attention to their developer portal. (well, family-friendly ind
by rubinelli 13y ago
Nintendo is also working hard to court indie developers. That crowdfunding spoof was to attract attention to their developer portal.
(well, family-friendly indies at least. Don't expect to see Hotline Miami on WiiU any time soon)
- shaggyfrog 13y agoAttracting developers is one thing. Retaining developers, inspiring them, giving them proper tooling, reducing bureaucracy, and generally enabling their success -- that's a whole other ball game.
- rubinelli 13y agoVery good point. But considering how little attention the console got from large third party publishers, I think they at least have the incentive to make it work.
- babuskov 13y agoI'm currently attending NordicGame/NordicUnite and yesterday Nintento promised to reduce bureaucracy and make it easier for any developer to publish. It sounds like they are desparate and willing to reduce the bar, just to get any games. Nice thing is that Unity3d seems to have a usable port for WiiU, so it should (in theory) be much easier to developer for Nintendo. If you use Unity, you can at least reuse everything on a different platform if Nintendo launch fails.