Third parties pull a fast one and blame Nintendo for their own crappy games

[Pristine20]

noname2200 said:

Pristine20 said:

vdoesntforgive said:
Switch "HOW" with "WANT", and I will agree.
Regardless, by the end of this generation, some of them will HAVE to, EA being one that has already started.

Thats the problem with many wii fans. Many of you think that 3rd parties just don't wan't to support the wii which doesn't make any sense.  How can they just not wan't to support the #1 console which also happens to be cheap to develop for? Whats a fact is that the wii is vastly different from any console that has released before it both in hardware, software (think wii fit) and audience (lots of girls now) so the typical game developer doesn't know how to succeed on the platform. Nintendo knew what they were doing before releasing the console, unfortunately, no one else does. This is the truth.

Actually, there is a second explanation which many have touted. From the article posted:

"I think most game creators got into the industry in the hopes of writing the next Doom or Halo or Command & Conquer," writes Victor Godinez, "and not the next Hannah Montana video game adaptation. So the best game makers gravitate to the consoles that seem to specialize in the kinds of games they like."

...The Wii is the least powerful of the three current consoles, and you simply cannot easily duplicate a high-end Xbox 360 or PS3 game on the Wii.

In other words, some developers like to make the games they want to play. Egotistical and foolish, perhaps, but plausible. And while it makes zero business sense, there are many times when businessmen did not make wise business decisions. The whole "disruption" thing exists for a very, very good reason, and the Wii is not the first example of this principle at work.

Still, I'm personally willing to accept incompetence rather than malice when the former is a possible explanation.

 

It also makes a lot of sense though. It won't be easy to make a game you won't like to play regardless of your good intentions. Perhaps this is why the majority of wii titles from 3rd parties suck?