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Nintendo wants to keep ‘traditional approach’ to development as costs skyrocket (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (3 children)

We also believe it is possible to develop game software with shorter development periods that still offer consumers a sense of novelty.

Wasn't this always Nintendo's approach? Or are they going even cheaper, like how every Pokemon game looks like it was made by one person.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Omg that is spot on. It really looks like they fired everyone but one guy who is busting off his ass to "get a game done" in the same development cycle.

Because you can see he's trying but there's no way he can actually fill this content desert.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No not really, games like the mainline Zelda and Mario titles have really long development cycles.

[–] simsalabim@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

IIRC, the Pokemon company has a really high turnover, because they fire all their senior engineers to keep costs down. So the jankyness of it is due to inexperience of their staff.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Really? It's pretty hard in Japan to just fire people nilly willy.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They need to keep the prices traditional, what the heck are they doing there?

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Making the line go up.