| patjuan32 said: I have to disagree with you on this subject. Capcom established Resident Evil fans on the Wii with the port of Resident Evil 4. These fans want another Resident Evil game like RE4. It's not easy for them to find a substitute game nor do they want to go and buy an HD system to play a RE game. They want it on the Wii. Capcom said that RE4 and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles were test to see if RE games would be successful on the Wii. They were and those fans expected Capcom to deliver on their promise and they did not. Therefor these fans are upset and are reacting emotionally. This happens. People need to vent their frustrations. And the only way to make change is to make their voices heard. If they do not speak up and voice their satisfaction or dissatisfaction then developers like Capcom will continue to develop the games that these fans do not want and think that are doing them a service. |
Your point is well taken, but my argument is a bit different than this. I'm not saying "get an HD console lol," or "Capcom shouldn't have to make a RE4-style game on the Wii because of X." And I'm certainly not trying to say that Capcom's putting as much effort into most of their Wii titles as I think they should.
What I am saying is that Capcom's clearly spoken, and for now it does not intend to change its stance towards the Wii. That's unfortunate and stupid of them. However, we as Wii owners now have plenty of options when it comes to picking up great games on the system: Capcom's a loss, but there are plenty of talented developers who have already stepped up to take their place on the Wii.
To use an imperfect analogy, a dude at a quality buffet shouldn't be too bummed that Ruth Chris' steak is not on the menu.
And while I understand perfectly why you'd want another RE4-style game on the Wii (oh boy do I understand) it appears to me that Capcom's set its course already, and writing angry posts on internet forums isn't going to help. Capcom knows what Wii-owning forum writers want; that's been made perfectly clear over the last two years. But demonstrably, they don't care about us. So why should we care about them?
Basically, I've realized that the prize for passing all of Capcom's tests is to be given yet another test. While I don't mind the newest test, I have to say that I've gotten bored of being treated as a lab rat. I'm going to go with some of the other companies, companies which pander to me rather than expect me to bark on their command. It seems much more fun that way, and I'm hoping all of this site's Wii owners come and join me.
| BrainBoxLtd said: I think that's why some people are complaining. There seems to be very few quality "normal" games, or traditional modern games coming to the Wii, and that's what they want. A lot of great Wii games tend to run the table from simple fun to crazy out-there niches. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground. It's probably why so many people are stoked about the Conduit. The people making it blatantly said they're trying to make a traditional shooter specifically for the Wii. |
I getcha, and I CAN understand why many Wii owners are frustrated, especially with the bait and switch so many third-parties have been pulling. What I'm trying to say is that it's time to get past that. Either the traditional games are coming, or they're not, and nothing we scribble in this lonely corner of the internet is going to have the slightest effect on the giant publishers' executives (most of whom have probably never even heard of this site, let alone visited it).
So instead of complaining about it (and thus ruining the moment for those of us who ARE looking forward to games like RE:DC), I'd like to invite those Wii owners to take a new tack: go out and find the games on the system that interest you. The Wii's library has grown enough by now that almost all genres are represented on it. More importantly, this is a great chance to expand people's gaming boundaries, and try genres that they normally would floss over.
For example, while I played Time Crisis quite a bit I wasn't a particularly big light-gun guy until Ghost Squad/HotD, and UC sealed that deal. GTA turned me off sandbox games: Bully turned me back onto them. I'd pretty much written off Squeenix games until I tried MLaaK (I now consider them on probationary status). Etc. etc.
There's plenty out there, if people are willing to put a bit of effort into looking. Why waste our time and energycrying over one or two publishers, when the rest of them are lining up to make games for us? There's only so much time/money/attention that we can devote to gaming, so why waste any of it on the companies that aren't bending over backwards to please us? That's basically what I'm saying.
