HappySqurriel on 03 August 2008
| Menago KF said: @Happysquirrel Can't really say that you discovered america or anything the like with your post, but of course someof it is valid, some is speculation, and some of it seems very, very far fetched. You have to hand it to Nintendo that during the first 1,5 years of Wiis life cycle, they managed to dish out all the games that are main sereis titles (SMG, Zelda, MK, SSBB) which is pretty unprecedented. I really would think that beyond the urge to have their future games use the motionplus, they really just would'nt have too many games that would appeal to everyone like the ones written above, that would be ready to dish out for this holiday season. Besides, with Nintendo practically hammering 3rd party sales, it would be a good thing to let them have a bit of space during the holiday season. If by any chance the lineup for this year doesn't result in at least 3-4 3rd party million sellers, there will be a problem imo. |
I agree with you, and my initial post is more of a stream of thought then my true expectations to what Nintendo has done. There are actually several reasons this hole in games could have occured at this holiday season; the Wii is probably going to be sold out regardless (and Nintendo is going to shatter profit expectations) and Nintendo could delay games to drive sales in non-holiday months, they could be purposefully making an opportunity for third party publishers to destroy claims that the Wii is bad for third party games, and there are only a few big titles that haven't been released and it is unlikely that many big titles would be ready to be released this holiday season (and they could have been delayed.
