Nintendo talks about royalties whilst thanking Microsoft… Read on
Microsoft pays for GameCube development
In a recent interview, Nintendo of America head honcho Peter Main made some interesting comments relating to Nintendo’s strategy when dealing with other developers.
“Third-party publishers know our price list, and it's very similar to anything that's out there,” said Main. “We know that's consistent. What may be in question is marketing money. On the one hand, there was someone [Microsoft] who had no stake in the business and at any cost had to get in. They went to a variety of developers and agreed to pay, in essence, 100% of development costs with no strings attached, which had a lot of developers [coming] here and saying they have free goods that they can port to our system.”
Free GameCube development courtesy of Mr. Gates. And who said that Microsoft is a monopolistic organisation?
Main continues. “And [Microsoft] paid for the whole deal... We've been in the business for a few years, and we didn't do any deals like that. For better or worse, a $10 royalty plus the cost of their goods is about the same deal that all three companies are running on.”
Interesting, huh?
“Third-party publishers know our price list, and it's very similar to anything that's out there,” said Main. “We know that's consistent. What may be in question is marketing money. On the one hand, there was someone [Microsoft] who had no stake in the business and at any cost had to get in. They went to a variety of developers and agreed to pay, in essence, 100% of development costs with no strings attached, which had a lot of developers [coming] here and saying they have free goods that they can port to our system.”
Free GameCube development courtesy of Mr. Gates. And who said that Microsoft is a monopolistic organisation?
Main continues. “And [Microsoft] paid for the whole deal... We've been in the business for a few years, and we didn't do any deals like that. For better or worse, a $10 royalty plus the cost of their goods is about the same deal that all three companies are running on.”
Interesting, huh?
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