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

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Grampy said:

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.

Did I say only, I did not because the real world is not like that and never will be. I'm been a scientist for thirty six years and I can tell you yes and no are never the answer. Even something as well understood as cigarettes cause cancer (and trust me they do) but that does not mean that every smoker dies of lung cancer or that no one ever gets lung cancer from other causes. The differences  are in percentages sometimes subtle. Therefore we don't take a quick glance at one raw number and spout off nonsense. Some of these games don't have anything like their final number but the better games are tracking faster and higher.

Will people still buy bad games yes. Not everyone checks reviews. I've impulse bought a few turkey on sale and ended up throwing them away. Are there reasons why some games start lower than they should, Yes. World at War is undoubtably been hurt by the fact that CoD3 was a POS. I waited quite a while before deciding to give them a 2nd chance.

Also you are comparing games without regard for time frame. PS360 users act more like pack animals, games sometimes sell 50% on day 1. Wii games are not so front loaded. You will not know how Madden 09 sold until after 10 comes out but I'll bet money it'll be higher than 8 which was higher than 07.

And because a lot of us are actually mature we are not slaves to review scores Minigames will never score well but they are good to have around and some are quite fun. I happen to love Mel Brooks movies. I also know that they get bad reviews because they are "silly". Yes, that's why I like them.

I am quite sure I have responded to every possible legitimate question you have raised. If you and your  friend don't think the Wii will never quote be a PS2. No and Uncle Billy will never be my Aunt Tilly. Why do you care, why should I. Goodbye, thanks for spoiling a good discussion I hope someone does as much for you. I'm afraid it won't be me, I just have beter thing to do with my time than to piss on other people's parades.

My grandmother was a very self rightous woman and was constantly telling me what I needed to do to go to heaven and to not go to hell. Finally I asked her, "are you going to heaven grandmother?" "Yes," she said. "And are the other people in heaven like you?" "Yes," she said proudly. "Good," I said, I'm glad I'm going to hell because I couldn't stand Heaven."

Odd but after encounters like this, I somehow end up glad I don't want or have a PS3. Sorta the same feeling.

 

You guys claimed to be more mature than HD consoles owners, yet anytime someone says something about the wii you don't like, all i hear is crying.

First of all, the PS3 is far from being frontloaded, LBP, Uncharted, Resistance, all these games were called flop after the first week by, guess which fanboys.

The wii is the wii, its something different wich most Developers havent accepted yet, but these guys will come. The games will show up. I believe wii2 will be the PS2, the developers will be ready for it and it will be more powerful.