HappySqurriel on 03 November 2009
The best selling games on the Wii tend to be very well suited for mainstream consumption, which means that they tend to be games with easy to understand gameplay mechanics and recognizable IPs. Games like Call of Duty (which, as a series, has been handled very poorly on the Wii) and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed do very well because mainstream consumers (who aren’t going to read many game reviews) can walk up to the display at Walmart, see the game, and know exactly what kind of game they’re buying.
The fact that so many publishers are putting mediocre games based on new or unknown IPs in unpopular genres on the Wii is really why so many publishers have lacked success.
