From: neonreaper | #017
If you're a third party developer why would you ever try to put something onto the 3DS at launch?
Well, Nintendo didn't have any heavy hitters at launch, so the third parties wouldn't have to compete with (and get owned by) them out the gate. Isn't it a similar principal to how there's always a crappy Ridge Racer game out for every system's launch? It wouldn't sell if it had to compete with big stuff, but since there's much less big stuff out at launch, it could be successful. I don't think third parties, whether cautious or not, expected 3DS to struggle so badly this early on. Did anyone? It followed up the two biggest successes in gaming history.
That said, I wouldn't blame them, since I don't think third parties have traditionally ever launched huge system sellers at launch. I think much of the system's woe could have been avoided had Nintendo launched at $200, but once again, no one really expected it do so poorly even at $250.
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