Comments on: Another Developer Down on the Wii

By: In general

In general — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:54:10 +0000

In general, I think it’s not up to Nintendo to promote other companies games. If someone deliver a crap game it won’t sell, that’s not the fault of Nintendo. Just look at Resident evil 4 as an example, a super game with a super sale! It also has good use of the remote and nunchuck. So, if the developers lack good game design it’s their own fault. The controls on the wii is excellent

By: Corwin

Corwin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:04:31 +0000

Played it. He’s right about the game being shallow… but dang, it really doesn’t matter ‘cuz it’s amazingly FUN!

The style, characters, and humor are all very entertaining. I think THAT’S what really counts. FUN. And this game has it in spades.

By: wiifitguide

wiifitguide — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:27:18 +0000

The way things stand at the moment the only good content for the Wii is the first party nintendo stuff

I think that in regards to third party games, developers know that they are catering to the casual gaming market and can get away with things that the seasoned gamers would never put up with. Casual gamers don’t usually read reviews before they pick up a game, in a lot of cases they just pick something if they like the cover. As a result of this and the rapidly growing Wii user base developers can get away with lazy design much more easily than on other platforms.

By: Crum

Crum — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:04:08 +0000

Yeah, I think it ultimately comes down to quality.

By: guttertalk

guttertalk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:13:54 +0000

I don’t understand what the sales problems of third-party games have to do with the Wii itself or even Nintendo. Is Nintendo supposed to promote their games for them? Is Nintendo supposed to do their quality assurance for them?

Sure, I’d like to see the Wii have ways to promote new games, but having a 360, I have never bought a game because it had ad space on the 360 Dashboard.

On the 360, third-party games that sell well have the same quality as first-party games. I don’t see that nearly as often on the Wii.