| naznatips said: Well, I think the fact that the Wii commercials show gameplay at least makes perfect sense. Although the games don't look great graphically, the entire premise of the Wii is to show new ways to play the games. So, of course, they are always going to want to show people playing them in order to show them how the Wii makes it different than playing the game on any other system. I know you weren't necessarily saying they were bad, but you were wondering if the fact that they use FMV affects sales. I was saying that I don't think so, but the fact that the commercials themselves are pretty bad does affect sales. |
This has been true of Nintendo commercials for years, though. Even prior to the release of the Nintendo 64, ads for Nintendo games have always been rich with in-game footage. Ads that don't show gameplay always bother me, because I could really care less what kind of commercial you can come up with, I want to see the damn game.
