>Gunpei Yori was never killed in a car accident
>He's kept on as creative consultant

Nintendo would not be state they're in if he were still alive

>>343031708
What if every game company was motivated by the desire to entertain over gaining money?

>The Hindenburg never cathches fire nad the Zeppelin landing platform on the Empire State Building is used regularly by commuters


Literally every alternate universe except ours.

>>343032010
Was that the guy people were saying was killed by the yakuza?

>>343032084
I don't think it would be very good. You can't just be one extreme or the other, you have to be somewhere in the middle for it to work the best.

>>343033064
Considering I used the word "over" instead of "instead," I thought that it was implied that gaining money wasn't entirely removed from their motivations. I just meant that the scales would be further tipped in favor of actually making a decent game.

Honestly, I'd just take a reality where Nintendo realizes the Wii was a one-time-only success with waggle and casuals, and they go back to making standard, no-gimmick consoles afterwards, toning down the emphasis on casual appeal.
Oh, and NoA doesn't go to shit.

>Pete Hines dies in a car accident after the release of Morrowind
>Todd gives Kirkbride more creative control
>Cyrodiil is actually a jungle
>radiant AI remains, but most of the game's voice acting is taken out
>it retains Morrowind's overall gameplay, but with more polished animations and responsive combat
>Battlespire-esque expansion involving Remani spacestations

>Looking Glass manages to survive
>makes Thief 3 on their new Siege Engine, which was in development when they went bankrupt
>continues making Thief games and other immersive sims (like System Shock 3), which creates a precedent for these games having an audience so they continue to flourish without being simplified
>is so successful they create their own publishing house and become independent
>after Bloodlines is a disaster Looking Glass saves Troika from bankruptcy and publishes their future games
>Looking Glass and Troika continue to make games into 2016 and beyond

>>343035059
>instead of putting the project on hold, Activision allows Troika to continue polishing Bloodlines during the delay
>the game is considerably more polished, with more ways to circumvent the sewers and later combat encounters/dungeons
>some of the shittier models and animations receive a light retouch
>the game releases to an overall warm reception and becomes a respectable hit among the cRPG crowd
>Troika goes on to acquire the rights for Fallout and revives the Van Buren project