25th January 2010, 8:25 AM
True. I just dont see the Wii surviving unless Nintendo gives us a reason to play it consistently. Almost every venue of gaming news outlets is disappointed by the Wii, the articles are all 'Another great game is ignored' or 'here is what a Wii game looks like in HD' and my personal favorite 'X developer announces they wont be developing any longer for Wii'
Add to this Reggie's statement of "I dont know why companies aren't releasing their hardcore titles, I keep asking them" and those kinds of willfully ignorant statements tell me that Nintendo is going to continue with the niche market. They're ignoring all the serious issues the platform presents and the big one, the worst one, is that the Wii is becoming less and less viable as a gaming system. Back on Gamecube, that 20% of the market (the rest eaten by GBA/PS2) meant that a company could eat that 20% very comfortably and play that profit. But those 'guaranteed' sales aren't there any more, now we have a Nintendo platform with a much bigger following than gamecube but doesn't break a million on anything I would call good. I absolutely adore Wii sports and I hope it has another sequel soon, but i'd much rather have a real RPG or an F-Zero, Starfox, Pikmin etc. Thank god the new Zelda and Metroid are coming, i'll also be getting Galaxy 2. Yunno what I wont be getting? Bratz Dress Up, it's not out yet but it will hit huge sales, it will beat the sales of Shattered Memories in its opening week.
Why?
I cant say it
I have to
I promised myself never to use this word again
*cries*
It's a kiddie system. It's either kids or the elderly, girls, etc all those bizarre markets that are so hard to capture that every developer would love to break in to... but at the same time, the actual GAMERS are disgusted with the Wii. That's the situation.
Add to this Reggie's statement of "I dont know why companies aren't releasing their hardcore titles, I keep asking them" and those kinds of willfully ignorant statements tell me that Nintendo is going to continue with the niche market. They're ignoring all the serious issues the platform presents and the big one, the worst one, is that the Wii is becoming less and less viable as a gaming system. Back on Gamecube, that 20% of the market (the rest eaten by GBA/PS2) meant that a company could eat that 20% very comfortably and play that profit. But those 'guaranteed' sales aren't there any more, now we have a Nintendo platform with a much bigger following than gamecube but doesn't break a million on anything I would call good. I absolutely adore Wii sports and I hope it has another sequel soon, but i'd much rather have a real RPG or an F-Zero, Starfox, Pikmin etc. Thank god the new Zelda and Metroid are coming, i'll also be getting Galaxy 2. Yunno what I wont be getting? Bratz Dress Up, it's not out yet but it will hit huge sales, it will beat the sales of Shattered Memories in its opening week.
Why?
I cant say it
I have to
I promised myself never to use this word again
*cries*
It's a kiddie system. It's either kids or the elderly, girls, etc all those bizarre markets that are so hard to capture that every developer would love to break in to... but at the same time, the actual GAMERS are disgusted with the Wii. That's the situation.