If you look though, for the most part the developers who are saying this are bleeding red ink (losing money). Had this comment been made a year ago, it would have been more in line with general sentiment because many developers seem to have changed their tune in the last year.

Basically, THQ console game development has lived on licenses and casual games. Deadly Creatures is an example of what may be wrong with the industry -- developers making games for themselves rather than for the general game-buying public. Meanwhile, de Blob has sold close to 1M and did not have a price drop for a long time -- THQ even talked it up previously.

So yes, some game companies seem to be full of fanboys because they bet on the wrong horse this generation -- and it along with the down economy is costing them.

Mike from Morgantown

The game of gaming is changing and it will be game over for those that do not change.

Malstrom actually responded to this:

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/wii-is-monopoly-box-stuck-in-the-closet/

"THQ is a classic example of the Birdman Fallacy at work. I should update the graphic. Have the real dog be what gamers want and ‘casual games’ be what they get. There should be a ‘hardcore game’ which represents the dog as a hellhound. No one wants a hellhound! But that is what these companies keep putting out when they focus on ‘hardcore games’. Just give me a dog!"

lol!

I wonder if all this means that they won't bring "Drawn to Life" to the Wii after all.

Mike from Morgantown

THQ: were did start making hardcore games for wii.at first we were developing wii versions of Saints row 2 and red faction which could have been marketed alongside the HD counterparts. then we realised that an unmarketed game about bugs would sell much better


another really good summary i found was

1. THQ makes crap for wii
2. majority of crap doesnt sell well
3. THQ blames wii as there is a lot of crap so THQs crap cant stand out
4. THQ pledges to make more crap

Not everyone is saying it though - only a few publishers are.

It was, with the exception of the inaccuracy of the last 2 lines.

This is odd considering that De Blob is their 3rd highest selling new IP (on consoles) of this generation - the highest being Saint's Row, followed by Big beach Sports (also on Wii). Their other high selling titles are wrestling and those sell just little bit less on the wii than the other console.

actually there's no recipe how to make a Wii game that will sell, games expected to sell fail massively and games that are expected to fail sell million out of nowhere, Wii is the most unpredictable

but the sure thing is that games, hard core or casual sell slowly on Wii, at least SEGA knows it

btw, SEGA is probably the only 3rd party that fully understands what Wii owners like and that's why almost all their games sell, hard core or not, maybe Madworld hasn't got huge launch but will still make it to 0.5 million

but why does THQ complain, most of their Wii games sell except Deadly Creatures

Iwata called Japanese Wii owners fickle and I didn't see anyone in an uproar...