wiifanboy
May 7th, 2008, 19:30
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Not a new complaint, this one. Previously, both analysts (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/30/todd-mitchell-tells-us-how-the-wii-sucks-for-third-parties-agai/) and developers (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/01/24/mizuguchi-nintendo-games-are-too-strong/) have suggested that Nintendo's first-party software is too strong to compete with, and now THQ has joined in on the despairing.
At a Q4 earnings call with investors, President and CEO Brian Farrell has admitted that THQ's kids' games had underperformed, and that Nintendo's own output was the reason why. Says Farrell: "With [...] new competition from Nintendo's first-party titles -- as well as new music games -- our traditionally strong kids' business did not meet expectations."
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Not a new complaint, this one. Previously, both analysts (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/30/todd-mitchell-tells-us-how-the-wii-sucks-for-third-parties-agai/) and developers (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/01/24/mizuguchi-nintendo-games-are-too-strong/) have suggested that Nintendo's first-party software is too strong to compete with, and now THQ has joined in on the despairing.
At a Q4 earnings call with investors, President and CEO Brian Farrell has admitted that THQ's kids' games had underperformed, and that Nintendo's own output was the reason why. Says Farrell: "With [...] new competition from Nintendo's first-party titles -- as well as new music games -- our traditionally strong kids' business did not meet expectations."
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