On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:07:28 -0000, you wrote:

>I am the author of Jetpack, and was looking into making it for the
>GBA. But after reading about Nintendo's exclusion of new developers,
>and dealing with their rude support people personally, I don't have
>any desire to work with Nintendo. Unfortunately you apparently have
>to be in bed with them to create anything for their system.
>I would like nothing more than to encourage a competitor to the GBA.
>Are there any in the works?

Jetpack ? the old speccy game from Rare/Ultimate ?

>If Nintendo has such a monopoly on this market as they appear to, how
>is it legal for them to decree who can make games for their system?
>Isn't this unfair abuse of monopoly power? Why isn't anyone
>complaining like they do about Microsoft?

Because they spent millions developing the console and
advertising it, and they don't want shit games on it to spoil it's
reputation.

>I think it's ridiculous that they can do this, and just as ridiculous
>that they get a cut from every game made for their platform. This is
>like intel getting a percentage for every program written for their
>chip - and worse, saying who can write what.

No it isn't, a chip isn't a complete system.

>This looks to me like a complete stranglehold on freedom of speech.

How so ? You didn't spend years developing the console, why
should you be allowed to use it to make a profit and not Nin ?

>Am I wrong?

Yes.

>How is this legal?

Simply, because when you develop for nintendo, you agree to it
!!! No-ones bending your arm behind your back making you develope for
it... If you don't want to... don't ! If you do, then you *will* have
to pay nintendo to use their console to sell your game. What's wrong
with that, it's the same for any console manufacturer ,
Sony/Sega/Nintendo/Microsoft *everyone* ! They're all expecting their
cut, because invariably they're selling the console at a loss..... Why
would they even bother to make it if they can't make any money from it
? They've spent millions making it.

Jay