On The Verge of A Gaming Crash? Without Nintendo....

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bigjon said:

Shadowblind said:

Developers make games on systems that sell games. If they see the Wii selling games to the demographic they want, they will switch. You can want to view game devs as the big bad stupid idiots who only want bloody games and hate the Wii as much as you like, but I promise you they have more marketing knowledge then anyone here, and know what will make them the most profit.

I suppose the economic depression has nothing to with losing money either, right? And we talk of ignorance here. If we end up getting sub-par games that sell well because they target the Wii's primary demographic, then the game industry WILL end as we know it.

No more Heroes is a more hardcore game and if you consider that  game selling well, then the 360 can sell tons of JRPGs well.

western devs have done nothing to prove to me that they are not idiots. Just becuase you are the CEO or Marketing Chief does not mean you know what is best for your company. Look at all the companies going down and tell me they ALL know what they are doing. (referring to the economy as a whole, not just gaming with the last statement)

If you are a business your goal is to make money, and increase shareholder wealth. Now, the artist and such in the studio may be more about making cool games, but the guys at the top care about the bottom line, and they are the ones with the final say. It seems those guys at the top are starting to reconize what the Wii could be. (net profit wise)

 

Additionally, I want to remind everyone of the Peter and the Dilbert Principle. The Dilbert Principle says that bad emmployees are moved to where they can do the least amount of damage: management. The Peter Principle says people are promoted to the level of their incomplitance. It would not be a surprise that CEOs can't fogure out what to do. Third parties can sell games on thwe Wii; they are just doing it wrong.

(sorry for double post)