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It appears like Nintendo acted like Apple does with apps (stringent reviews that have to meet their expectation, share of revenues, etc). Can anyone who has had

by TheBiv 12y ago

It appears like Nintendo acted like Apple does with apps (stringent reviews that have to meet their expectation, share of revenues, etc). Can anyone who has had software development experience with both Nintendo (back in the day) and Apple (iPhone days) juxtapose the two software distributors? (Using any pieces of anecdotal similarities you wish)

anonemouscoward 12y ago
Correction, it was Apple who acted like Nintendo, not the other way around. Apple's iPhone/iPad business model was a one-to-one copy of the game console business model.
mpclark 12y ago
I think Nintendo was a lot more brutal than Apple is; there is a story, of which I forget the details, about how they bought up all of the cart manufacturing capacity in the run up to one Christmas, leaving the third party publishers sitting on great games but with no way to get them into the stores.
pjmlp 12y ago
Nintendo was responsible for the death of the indie developer with the introduction of the certification process for console games. Only the Internet allowed them to free themselves from what became a standard practice.
bluedino 12y ago
Nintendo had two intents - preventing shovelware that killed the Atari 2600, and requiring royalties as well as making publishers purchase ROM cartridges from Nintendo. It didn't quite work. There were still quite a few downright horrible games for the NES, look at any 'Worst Nintendo Games Ever' list. Two great examples were X-Men and AD&D: Heroes of the Lance. Also, Tengen (from Atari) released their own games with their own chips, including a copied NES lockout chip. Remember those games that came in the strange black cartridge that didn't look like other NES games, notably the first Tetris, Gauntlet, and Ms. Pacman? Those were Tengen games, and they ended up in a legal battle with Nintendo.
ramiwi 12y ago
I think that this attitude is true for many technology companies. What makes Apple more criticized is the fact that at least 2 of their product lines - personal computers, and ios devices, are directly related to standards, infrastructures, and resources that are basic, mass used and supposed to be public and open.

by TheBiv 12y ago

anonemouscoward 12y ago

Correction, it was Apple who acted like Nintendo, not the other way around. Apple's iPhone/iPad business model was a one-to-one copy of the game console business model.

mpclark 12y ago

I think Nintendo was a lot more brutal than Apple is; there is a story, of which I forget the details, about how they bought up all of the cart manufacturing capacity in the run up to one Christmas, leaving the third party publishers sitting on great games but with no way to get them into the stores.

pjmlp 12y ago

Nintendo was responsible for the death of the indie developer with the introduction of the certification process for console games. Only the Internet allowed them to free themselves from what became a standard practice.

bluedino 12y ago

Nintendo had two intents - preventing shovelware that killed the Atari 2600, and requiring royalties as well as making publishers purchase ROM cartridges from Nintendo. It didn't quite work. There were still quite a few downright horrible games for the NES, look at any 'Worst Nintendo Games Ever' list. Two great examples were X-Men and AD&D: Heroes of the Lance. Also, Tengen (from Atari) released their own games with their own chips, including a copied NES lockout chip. Remember those games that came in the strange black cartridge that didn't look like other NES games, notably the first Tetris, Gauntlet, and Ms. Pacman? Those were Tengen games, and they ended up in a legal battle with Nintendo.

ramiwi 12y ago

I think that this attitude is true for many technology companies. What makes Apple more criticized is the fact that at least 2 of their product lines - personal computers, and ios devices, are directly related to standards, infrastructures, and resources that are basic, mass used and supposed to be public and open.