When you lead a company, you're supposed to be open and as unbiased as possible. When all the obvious evidence shows the success of the Wii/DS. Admit your mistakes and adapt. CEO aren't paid to be in denial...

@Kasz216, i have never complained when EA bought a company, they can buy them all for all i care.

@TWRoO, do i want all to be like EA, no, but to have big companies like EA is not all that bad.

@Mancandy, yes i do realize that games i play now came from small companies, but most of them have been bought out, which is great, if Nintendo would buy some of these companies i think it would be better for the industry. And i know all about Rockstar, they have been my fav company since they started.

@soriku, i don't even know how to respond to you, you are talking about stuff that i never even mentioned.

@Bod, A certain amount of small companies can't hurt but when most of the games coming out are made by crappy small guys then they need to leave or be bought out.

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@Griffin

Since you like Rockstar, I figure you'd like the smaller company to come up then, since they are capable of creating great games. You make it sound like the big companies always make great games....like Lair.

I love you sig and avatar.

As for the discussion, Codemasters has, in my experience, made games which aren't very, how would one say, good.

If they're basing potential Wii sales off of the performance of "Heatseeker", then I think I know why they're outlook is negative.

I think devs are afraid of developing on Nintendo hardware because they have expectations placed upon their software because gamers expect higher levels of quality.

But I agree with what was said earlier: Capcom, Konami, etc. seemed to have excellent sales back in the NES/SNES days where Nintendo was decidedly the market leader. I think this really boils down to lazy devs who don't want to have to put as much effort into their games.

As fanboyish as it sounds, if these devs spent less time complaining and more time polishing their games, they'll probably see better sales on the Wii. 

I certainly accept conglomeration as an economic reality of emerging financial markets, but honestly, Griff, I have never seen anyone actually praise and welcome it.

You are for the subservience of the small, independant developers? You want the giant mega-companies making almost all the games?

Regardless of whether that actually happens, I've just never seen someone endorse it so warmly. Down with the little guy! Up with monopolistic big business!

Are you, by chance, also pro-deforestation?  

I've said this before, a nintendo dominated industry scares developers becase they know they can't compete, Nintedo has arguably the most talented devlopers in the world, and they design their consoles around the wishes of those developers, most third parties do not have the necessary skill to match nintendo developed games, there are a few that come close, but by and large most developers pale, the PS3 and 360 are preferred because the average level of quality is lower, and they can mask gameplay imperfections behind prettier graphics.

Actually, MicroMachines (for the NES) was great fun in its day.  Granted, all of the sequels sucked.  Give it a try, if you can.

i like how Griffin said Nintendo makes crappy games and mentions SMG and Zelda, the 2 best games of all time according to reviews

I like it so much that it just gained a special spot in my sig ;)