“Indie games are essential to increasing the appeal of our platform.”
During the Q&A session of the 84th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Board Member and President and Representative Director, Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about Nintendo’s relationship with indie titles and what it would be like going forward? Never one to skip a beat, Furukawa underlined the continued importance of indie games and you can find his full words on the matter, right here:
Shuntaro Furukawa: Since before the launch of Nintendo Switch, we have taken a variety of initiatives to make our
platform attractive to indie game developers in terms of both development and sales. This includes improvements to the development environment with enhanced support for developers, and promoting the platform at developer events around the world. We also support indie titles by showcasing them on our Indie World program. For Nintendo Switch, we have provided development environments such as Unity and Unreal Engine since early on, which are being used by many developers.Indie games are essential to increasing the appeal of our platform, so we will continue our work to strengthen these activities going forward.
Source: Nintendo
