Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently said in an interview that the company is not trying to make games as art, and that is severely disappointing.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
I feel the opposite,The fact that they focus on a gameplay is one of the reasons their games are so great,although allot of their games end up being "art" in the end. Afterall these are games we are playing, if you want a self rightous sense of maturity then go read a book.
Art is a very loose term to begin with.I believe games are art,but i have my own standards as to what is art.
No it's not. By not calling their games art and just games that they make in hopes of resonating with consumers, they effectively become less of an egoistical company.
Besides, how else do you think Nintendo has become so legendary? By expressing themselves and making games only they would like (which is what art is)?
did he say he ''doesnt treat the games as art and thats disappointing'' or, did he say he ''doesnt treat the games as art'' and you think thats disappointing ?
Whatever works, because their games are beautiful regardless of what they go for.
There's a difference between an artist and a craftsman. An architect can be brilliant at his work but he himself may not consider it art. The same can be applied to video games since, just like an amazing chapel or church, you need to have incredible craftsmanship and a keen sense of design.
Nintendo doesn't need to see their work as art for them to still appreciate the creative nature of it.