Iwata talks further about third-parties on Wii U
Last week, Nintendo held an analyst briefing at E3 2013. It was led by Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata. Following the presentation, Iwata conducted a brief Q&A, and one analyst pressed the CEO further about third-party support on Wii U.
Iwata iterated two points: the plan to bring Nintendo games to the console one after another to create momentum for the platform and that “third-party software developers actively working on software for Wii U right now.”
Iwata also pointed out how, if the Wii U gains momentum and other third-parties do well, people will begin to “definitely question” those who do not support the system.
We will release a succession of Nintendo titles from the latter half of this year to enable the Wii U platform to regain sales momentum. This momentum will create business opportunities for software developers, so I think that the support from them will change in due course.
Another important point, as I explained earlier, is that there are third-party software developers actively working on software for Wii U right now. I think that it is very important that we see some favorable results from among these titles.
If software developers decide not to support a platform when, in fact, it has momentum and other software developers have experienced good results, people will definitely question their decision.
