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WSJ: Tencent Looks to Leverage Its Nintendo partnership in US, Nintendo wants 3rd parties to make games for women
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I mean I am all for Nintendo using their IPs to collaborate with third parties and get exclusives. In fact I think they should be doing more of it. Now doing it with tencent... ehh... I guess I'll keep an open mind. If they deliver and get consoles sold in China that would be even better for Nintendo's relationships with other third parties
Nah, it's more like they wanna use Nintendo characters to make their own -console- games to break into the US more.
Ahh I see, well Nintendo would never let that happen unless they strike some sort of deal.
If anything Nintendo would Port the mobile games or Nvidia ports over to Tencent console/service.
Why are people here saying this? Nothing in the article implies they think they can multiplat Nintendo characters. By making games with Nintendo characters for console I think the logical assumption is that they want to make a few Switch games.
Yup. They're one of the only true mega corporations left that aren't greedy monsters when it comes to completely rinsing their customers of cash in a host of gross ways.
They're obviously a business at the end of the day and want to make boat loads of cash but they subscribe to a model which means they get customers for a lifetime rather than burning them for a lot of cash upfront and only having them for a few years.
This probably isn't as scary as it sounds. We all know Nintendo are incredibly smart and careful when it comes to their IP and especially their long term reputation.
Not sure how that would help Tencent break into Western console markets though.
Does that matter when the end result can be hundreds if not thousands of dollars spent?
They want to learn how to develop console games and become popular in the west. Nintendo knows how to make console games and is popular in the west.
I personally don't care for it, but doesn't seem too weird imo.
If the idea is for Tencent to develop games together with Nintendo and then use that knowledge to make their own games for the West... I guess we'll see. Not feeling super optimistic about this partnership.
This is what I thought when I read the article, only to be confused by all the people in the thread who seem to think otherwise. Am I missing something?
Nintendo: We want this content to be available within the full game without additional transactions.
Tencent: You're speaking in tongues.
Tencent: We hope to create console games with Nintendo characters, and learn the essence of making console games from Nintendo engineers.
Nintendo:
Syn Sophia has made games for Switch before, and Furukawa's mentioned that he wants to bring franchises that were on 3DS onto Switch, so I think it's a matter of when, not if.
Tencent: We want to make a fully functional online game for the Switch
Nintendo: ???
Sports games kinda disagree with you there.
why would you say that
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why
Hmm...I don't think that's true and I would not say that Nintendo is a champion in that department when they still insist on making Princess Peach a damsel in distress, it's disgusting how Luigi Mansion 3 brought her in the series just make her get kidnapped or Zelda not being playable in a main line Zelda game.
I wish Nintendo gave a damn about accessibility settings. They're not really making their games accessible to everyone.
We all know what this means... iCarly HD Remaster this is your time to shine!
I'm sure there was something recently saying that they were hiring specifically for expertise with porting games to Switch.
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To anyone reading, this is at the end of the article. It's referring to how Tencent tried their hand at cracking the US market with Arena of Valor but it didn't make a dent. So they hope their ties with Nintendo will change things.
How much less could turn they care? Do they care a lot or a little? I'm confused.
