| Esa-Petteri said: @donathos Nice and long answer. Yeah, mario fps would be a huge hit. Too bad that the third parties won't be getting that one. ;P It is up to the devs, and I think they are doing a pretty good job at the moment. If you look at the profits they are making on wii games, why wouldn't they be? Low development costs for games like carnival games + good sales = big profits. I would not put a lot of money for developing games if I could get more profit for less investment... And yeah, I think that a good wii title should be easy for the new players and at least somewhat challanging to more experienced players. I just fail to see how that is supposed to be achieved in many genres. |
Absolutely, Carnival Games was a good idea -- the sales bear that out.
But it would be a mistake to think that 1) Carnival Games is the only thing that Wii owners want and are willing to buy, or that 2) they're willing to buy Carnival Games over and over again, just with new packaging.
I believe that most gamers don't really care about development costs -- they care about the final product. Sure, if you're a developer, and you can create a product that'll sell millions for a low development cost, you'll do it. But the existence of Carnival Games doesn't mean that's an easy thing to do, or that these third parties have figured out the magical recipe to instant success on the Wii -- the fact that so many are struggling financially points to that. Just copying Carnival Games isn't going to work -- it's harder work than that, and might be more resource-intensive. And, if you want the really big fruit... like the first installment of what winds up becoming a legendary franchise, spawning sequels across multiple platforms and decades, then you'll have to pony up the necessary investment and take the risk. The Wii is ripe for things like that: it's creating an entirely new generation of gamers who are going to be around for decades, just as my generation was brought in by the original NES. They're forever going to remember the games they loved on the Wii. The right third party with the right mindset stands to make their fortune if they can capture the spirit of Wii's new (and gigantic) market.
