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BMaker11 on 06 July 2009
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Arius Dion said:
bardicverse said:
Mr Khan said:

Clearly this is just them butthurt over Deadly Creatures. I really don't see another explanation, because that is the sum total of their "hardcore" Wii games. De Blob could count, but in this new day and age, hardcore is the hellhound, like Malstrom said. So they probably don't count it

I agree. I wouldnt call Deadly Creatures a core game. Who is interested in bugs? Children. It had glitches in it to boot, which were mentioned in many reviews. Put out a dumb IP, get bad sales. Quite simple.


Absolutely. I don't think I've ever witnessed an industry blame the consumer as blatantly as this industry has. They blame the Wii "demographics" the "casual gamers" Which they never really define beyond the term. (Maybe because the definition is in itself meaningless). In Hollywood, if the movie fails to succeed it ain't the audiences fault. But in gaming if a game doesn't succeed it is the consumers fault? Maybe make a compelling game, yeah? Oh, no that would be too much to ask.

Well, when these companies are used to making traditional games, yet the Wii is catering to mostly the "casual" crowd, it becomes hard to pinpoint exactly what they want, since it's such a radical shift from what's been going on for the past couple decades. If the world bends to the whim of what Nintendo is trying to do for the gaming industry, then there's going to be a lot more Wii Fits and a lot less Grand Theft Autos.

And the only two reasons why a game fails are if it sucks or it's the consumer's fault. If it sucks, well then it sucks and no one buys it (although that then makes me confused as to why Carnival Games sold so much). But then, if it's a good game, and nobody buys it, it's definitely the consumer's fault. You can't blame a developer for making a good game that doesn't sell well. I'd blame the people who don't buy it. Don't just try and lump it all into "well, maybe if you made a better game, it would sell". Okami and Valkyria Chronicles are fine examples of why that sentiment is wrong