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What steps is Nintendo taking to Recruit Developers?

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What steps is Nintendo taking to Recruit Developers?

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Because any development contracts contain NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements), we cannot say with any certainty just how actively Nintendo has been recruiting developers. We do know that Nintendo was planning to hold a GameCube Developer Conference in Seattle, WA where it planned to invite several third-party developers to discuss NGC Development. Originally believed to be in November 2000 the conference is then was rescheduled to happen in Febuary, 2001. Now it has been bumped up all the way until summer. Before we start wondering if Yamauchi misplaced his medication again, it turns out that Nintendo has already gained the support of every major third-party developer it could be interested in. This includes people like Namco, Konami, EA, Neversoft and many others. Many of these developers have reportedly had an additional motivation to make games for NGC -Sony’s Playstation 2. EA, Konami and Namco all suffered considerable losses due to the shortages of PS2 systems, resulting in countles