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dahuman on 22 March 2009
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WereKitten said:
Soriku said:
Megadude said:
I don't think the only point is that "Wii is for little kids and old people". The point is that quality games- third party games particulary- Wii owners are not buying them. So long as Wii fanboys ignore this fact plug up their ears and go "FALALALA! I can't hear you!" Is not helping the case for better games on Wii.

 

You know, I've yet to see some example of quality games that are on the Wii that supposedly didn't sell well that aren't niche in some way. How many big third party games on the Wii actually flopped?

Too vague. Depending on "quality", "well", "niche" and "big" there could be many or none. Same on any other console.

But just for fun: Okami, Tenchu, Tomb Raider, Deadly Creatures out of the top of my head.

@jayderyu

I very much hope there's nothing like a "new thought" to which everybody must conform. It's not like the Wii is pushing the industry forward: it moved sideways.

It's like the movie industry versus television productions: the tv is aimed at a larger demographic, is more accessible and easier to consume, has lower production values and lower quality of presentation. There is great tv series, but the lower threshold also means more crap.

The movie industry went through a panic phase when the tv first started making inroads, in the very same way as some game industry people. But in the same way as movies, big production value games will find their way in parallel with the productions for the widened audience.

Asking the people who always directed movies to drop everything because the tv is the future, because it brings more money or because it has a larger audience is disrespectful and irrealistic. We need good tv and good movies, both can be done and both can be enjoyed. I am strongly against the idea of forcing an uniformity of thought.

 

Tomb Raider? come on man >.>; That game has long lost it's touch outside of Europe, and Okami is probably too Eastern for a lot of people as to something like Zelda: TP, not to mention it was also on the PS2, the other 2 though, I do hope they sell better because Tenchu 4 is silly fun(but there is also a PSP version sigh) while Deadly Creatures is just a very unique game with a reasonable price tag( though a lot of people hate bugs so they probably won't pick it up, not house wives at least....)