Let's see if this is a valid reason "Dead Space" failing on the Wii

[68soul]

EA has to know the Wii gamers are not stupid... maybe some of the "mass market" crowd may buy anything at any price without any good informations on game's style and/or quality, but for such a "niche" game, the only people that could be interested are the ones following the news, looking at screenshots and trailers, and knowing the difference between an action/adventure and an on-rail shooter... and for these people, the "full price" value just isn't there...

I wonder why such games, with only 5 to 8 hours of gameplay, are not automatically priced correctly: 30 euros/dollars, right from the start, like the HotD reissue, or the RE4 Wii Edition, or Link's Crossbow Training...

THAT would be the right price... otherwise, most gamers will feel like they're being ripped-off, and will just ignore the game, even when its price is (finally and anyway) reduced...

That game for 30 dollars/euros would have had a decent holiday season, and look now, the EA guys are upset, not even two weeks after the game's release... but they are the ones to blame, they should have known better...

And a last point: the box-art is cheap and ugly, and it really doesn't help... if you put some real efforts into a game, make it obvious on the cover, make it look really sweet and original... it's really unattractive this way, so goodbye the potentially curious "mass market" crowd anyway...