| Bodhesatva said:
Ah ha ha ha, what an awesome conclusion. Out of curiosity, what possible outcome could lead to the Wii getting better games? 1) The Wii sells a lot of software: clearly this means that Wii owners love the terrible games they're being given. Why give them anything better? 2) The Wii does not sell software: clearly this means Wii owners do not buy games. You can bet that third parties would abandon the system entirely if this were to happen. Obviously if the games stop selling, support will dwindle.
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I think we are starting to see a clear shift towards more game development for the Wii (about two years after people said it was going to happen, so about damn time if you ask me), but what I say still holds true.
What games are selling buttloads on the Wii? Not games like No More Heroes, or Zack and Wiki, or even Call of Duty 5. Carnival Games has sold more than all three of those games combined. Mario and Sonic at the Olympics has out done them by a much larger margin. The only "traditional" games (barring some exceptions of course) that have sold phenomenally well on the Wii are made by Nintendo.
The third-party games that people are buying on Wii are not games like Gears of War, or Metal Gear Solid, or even your EA sports games for that matter. The games people keep buying are not the kind that take the same level of development skill at least in terms of what is normally expected from a game like Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid, etc. The end user expects something completely different than that.
The Wii is a unique market unlike any other console before. That is its strongest advantage and its ultimate curse.
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