Dear Mr. Game Developer, Here's How to Tap Into the Wii - An Open Letter

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Legend11 said:

Grampy said:

I did not cut him off, it is simply a case of asked and answered. I have answered several times. The crap games have quit selling that well and developers that put the effort in are being rewarded. Since EA and others started writing sports games for the Wii they are selling more. Some games are actually receiving better critical reviews and sales compared to their HD versions.

 

I don't buy the Wii audience only buys quality argument. There are games like Boom Blox, Zack and Wiki, No More Heroes, Bully, Call of Duty: World at War, Madden NFL 09, and others with very good reviews getting beaten in sales by games like Carnival Games and Smarty Pants. Hell, Carnival Games reviewed so poorly that it doesn't even make it into the top 200 Wii games by rank at GameRankings.

As much as Carnival Games is the favoured poster child for "Crap Games" selling well on the Wii, Carnival Games has something in common with Halo ... These games became very popular because people played them at someone else's house with their friends and had a really good time. It may be an odd concept to some gamers, but there are people in the world who actually value elements like "Fun in Crowd" more heavily than "Armor is slightly bumpier than previous version of game"