| Ail said: Nintendo released it's top 4 best titles in like a 8 months period ( Galaxy, Wii Fit, SSBB and Mk Wii) and while it sure helped the Wii sales a lot it's still not always a good idea to play all your good cards so early. And aside from a Zelda Wii I don't really see what title they could still have in store that could be as big as those already released.... |
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING !!!!!
It's my opinion that Ninty wern't too sure of the Wii's success at the time they started the development of those titles , I think they wanted to bring out all their big guns to ensure success of the risky , but consequently highly rewarding strategy of bringing out low spec'd but highly innovative hardware. It baffles me why they still decided to release those titles in 08 when it was clear that the Wii was selling excellently regardless of software support ,. I have a few theories about why.
A.Nintendo had confidence that 3rd party developers would mostly carry the Wii for the rest of the gen .
B.Nintendo though the Wii XXX series (Sports,Play) would have a bigger significance to the Wii's performance.
C.They had 4 pieces of finished code on the table and wanted to maximise their profits for the financial year.
D.Maybe Nintendo executives themselves were fearing the Wii was a fad ?
I'd also like to add that I do not think the Wii is the console for the core gamer this gen , it's the PS2 of this generation without the heavy 3rd party support , it's trying to grab every demographic but consequently the traditional one is IMO left behind . The Wii's great as a PSWII WII360 combo but for the core gamer I don't think it's adequet , partly because of Nintendo's timing but mostly because of the sheer lack of quality core titles in comparison to the 360,PS3.
