Why are Nintendo games so polished?

[generic-username]

Their games are almost always bug free. How do they do it and can they teach other game developers their secret? I have been playing BOTW for months now and i am yet to experience any bug, that is unheard of for an open world game.

 

[Fatboi1]

@CrimsonTider

 

[The G.O.D II]

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

 

[CrimsonTider]

@CrimsonTider

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

 

[-DMP-]

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

They not gon like this.

I think it's easier to be polished whe. Your not worrying about how many polygons your game is pushing, how long your story is, how many square miles your map is or how many p's your textures are.

 

[generic-username]

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

So has EA, but that hasn't stopped their games from having more bugs than an abandoned house.

 

[Liquid]

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

Same characters, not the same games.

Ubisoft, EA, Activision or many of the other "big" companies can only dream of releasing something as polished as any of the Mario Galaxy games.

To answer this question it is because Nintendo is an extremely conservative company. They do not operate with this idea that "it can be fixed later via a patch etc". The game will not come out until they feel it lives up to their standards. If there is a bug they miss? Fine, but you rarely hear about Nintendo games having terrible bugs from the start for this very reason and for that they deserve all the respect in the world for how they handle things.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Because they've been making the same shyt for 30 years?

What game in the last 30 years have they made similar to BOTW? Give credit where it's due

 

[Tetris v2.0]

They also aren't preoccupied with dynamic lighting, high-res textures, forced online features, voice acting etc

Which take up lots of time and resources

It's gameplay first, everything else second

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Cause their games are simple as fukk.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Also, they take a long, long time to develop. They get all the bugs out before release, which might take years and year (and years)

 

[generic-username]

They also aren't preoccupied with dynamic lighting, high-res textures, forced online features, voice acting etc

Which take up lots of time and resources

It's gameplay first, everything else second

You have a point. The more features a game the possibility of shyt going wrong increases

 

[Liquid]

Cause their games are simple as fukk.

Breath of the wild and the mario galaxy games were simple?

 

[Fatboi1]

Cause their games are simple as fukk.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Breath of the wild and the mario galaxy games were simple?

Yes as, fukk

Graphics simple. No online. Simple mechanics.

Not much to go wrong.