raggedjimmi
Jul 29, 2006, 07:35 AM
well, actually you can
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/nintendo-sending-out-free-wii-dev-kits-190706.php
Just got word of an interesting (and totally unconfirmed) rumor from one of our insiders. It seems that Nintendo is giving Wii development kits to smaller studios. A developer in a big coastal American city apparently received a mysterious package from Nintendo. Office staff, programmers, and even the president weren't aware what was inside. The box was opened, and viola, Wii dev kit. This could be a ploy on Nintendo's part to get as many companies working on Wii games as possible. If this is true, it certainly shows Nintendo has improved its stance towards third party studios, as opposed to the iron-fisted days of yore. As I mentioned, this is totally unconfirmed, could've been some mix-up or miscommunication on the developer's end, but it does come from a good source. Do what you will with this tidbit.
2 ways you can go with this. Nintendo, with their vast business knowledge of making money, are making enough from bigger studios buying Dev kits that they can go forth and distribute kits to smaller studios to get some more damn games out.
The other side being nobody is buying them. But from the huge 3rd party developer support I suspect this not be the case.
Weren't Epic offered a free dev kit too?
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/nintendo-sending-out-free-wii-dev-kits-190706.php
Just got word of an interesting (and totally unconfirmed) rumor from one of our insiders. It seems that Nintendo is giving Wii development kits to smaller studios. A developer in a big coastal American city apparently received a mysterious package from Nintendo. Office staff, programmers, and even the president weren't aware what was inside. The box was opened, and viola, Wii dev kit. This could be a ploy on Nintendo's part to get as many companies working on Wii games as possible. If this is true, it certainly shows Nintendo has improved its stance towards third party studios, as opposed to the iron-fisted days of yore. As I mentioned, this is totally unconfirmed, could've been some mix-up or miscommunication on the developer's end, but it does come from a good source. Do what you will with this tidbit.
2 ways you can go with this. Nintendo, with their vast business knowledge of making money, are making enough from bigger studios buying Dev kits that they can go forth and distribute kits to smaller studios to get some more damn games out.
The other side being nobody is buying them. But from the huge 3rd party developer support I suspect this not be the case.
Weren't Epic offered a free dev kit too?
