Although this article is about Wii U it makes a point I feel strongly about
I suspect the affects of this article is exactly why we are experiencng slow 3ds releases and that it may largly be the effects of piracy, but I could be wrong, It's just a strong suspicion of mine. WOuld like to hear your thoughts on this article:
An article I found on IGN aptly describes why I feel we are getting so few 3ds games right now (besides the expected slow dev time for new consoles....
Wii U (or even 3ds) Won't Get Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition won't be coming to Wii U, according to the games distributor Beamdog.
The game is currently being developed for PC, Mac and iPad by Overhaul Games, and is scheduled for a release this summer. But it won't make its way to Nintendo's new console due to Beamdog's past experience working with Nintendo.
Trent Oster, founder of Beamdog, wrote on Twitter, "We don't do Nintendo development. Our previous experience with Nintendo was enough to ensure there will not be another."
Oster went on to state, "My problems with Nintendo are: requiring 6000 unit sales before payment, a certification process that took us 9 months and a 40mb limit".
This bad experience probably stems from his experience porting the third-person shooter MDK2 to WiiWare last year.
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Again I think that is why more and more devlopers are no longer offering titles to N for release, though I hope I am wrong. Tactics like this make it diffcult for Indie Devs to get thier brilliant ideas out there.
I suspect the affects of this article is exactly why we are experiencng slow 3ds releases and that it may largly be the effects of piracy, but I could be wrong, It's just a strong suspicion of mine. WOuld like to hear your thoughts on this article:
An article I found on IGN aptly describes why I feel we are getting so few 3ds games right now (besides the expected slow dev time for new consoles....
Wii U (or even 3ds) Won't Get Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition won't be coming to Wii U, according to the games distributor Beamdog.
The game is currently being developed for PC, Mac and iPad by Overhaul Games, and is scheduled for a release this summer. But it won't make its way to Nintendo's new console due to Beamdog's past experience working with Nintendo.
Trent Oster, founder of Beamdog, wrote on Twitter, "We don't do Nintendo development. Our previous experience with Nintendo was enough to ensure there will not be another."
Oster went on to state, "My problems with Nintendo are: requiring 6000 unit sales before payment, a certification process that took us 9 months and a 40mb limit".
This bad experience probably stems from his experience porting the third-person shooter MDK2 to WiiWare last year.
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Again I think that is why more and more devlopers are no longer offering titles to N for release, though I hope I am wrong. Tactics like this make it diffcult for Indie Devs to get thier brilliant ideas out there.