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Nintendo Doesn't Want Hobbyists Or "Garage Developers"

Posted on Friday, March 18 @ 13:57:54 Eastern by


In an interview with Gamasutra, Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo of America explained his company's preference to work with small, professional studios over "garage developers":

I would separate out the true independent developer vs. the hobbyist. We are absolutely reaching out to the independent developer. Where we've drawn the line is we are not looking to do business today with the garage developer. In our view, that's not a business we want to pursue.

Look at the music industry. There are certainly highly talented people who work other jobs and have a passion to be in the music industry. They work at it. There are reality TV shows that revolve around this concept. I love it when there's a game that's found that captures people's imagination, just like that...singer toiling in a factory.

The exception, of course, is that many famous musical artists started as simply "garage bands"... but we know what he means... right?

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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
    Yeah thats because NIN TEN DO hasn't had a original title since.......................................................​............................................................​............................................................​..............Never.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
    NINTEN-D'OH!

    I'm here all week...every week.
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  • CitizenKane
    CitizenKane
    Joined: Feb 2009
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
    lol What a load of bs!
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  • MrrClean
    MrrClean
    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2011 at 6:23 am
    The man sounds a tad confused...
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  • Rinnon
    Rinnon
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2011 at 10:43 am
    I THINK I understand what he's trying to say. Sounds to me like he is saying he is on board with small dev studios that are capable of producing games like World of Goo, and are willing to go through all the hoops and official channels to get them on the virtual console... but he doesn't want to encourage "home brew." Because we all know Home Brew capabilities lead to Piracy capabilities. At least, I think that's what he's getting at.
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  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
    Nintendo reminds me of a sick old horse, I say we grab a shotgun and a shovel and put 'em out of their misery.
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  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Mar 19th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
    I think I get what he's getting at... I think. For every "World of Goo", "Angry Birds", and "Minecraft" you have, you're going to get 12 tower defense clones. But here's the thing, "Minecraft" was made by one guy as a hobby and he sold a million copies. The guy who made "Touhou" made the game as a hobby but it exploded to the point where remixes of his songs are getting remixes and he has his own convention.

    I'm guessing he wants developers that put a little effort and creativity into their games and not ones who make clones of games on a Sunday afternoon. Either that or he's beginning to be insane like all those other video game company CEOs *cough* Bob Kotick *cough*.
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