EA Montreal shifting focus away from Wii games

[averyblund]

On one hand Wii owners seem allergic to quality games when they (rarely) come out of a 3rd party. On the other hand most developers are so lazy and uninterested they don't even bother promoting even their good games. Frankly I'm getting pretty sick of both sides and their incessant bitching.

Wii owners: No good 3rd-party games? Gimmie a break. There are tons of 80%+ games even released this year on Wii and few sold. Sure the bigs names did ok, but almost all of my top Wii games year sold poorly or miserably. This is not a quality issue. But hey nobody ever even heard of them so it sort of makes sence.

Gaming companies: Use some of that hype machine and marketing you use on the HD twins on the Wii. You have a handfull of good games let people know about them. Also stop trying to cash-in with endless shitty ports or crappy casual games.

HD fanboys: Give it up the Wii is a fine platform when it is treated on parity. This has been proven time and time again. Also lets not forget that a the cost of making a Wii game vs a HD game is something like the difference between a DS and Wii game. Hint HD games cost a lot to make and most sell under 200k. Obviously there are blockbusters, but if you look at the release list and sales most non-high profile HD games meet a similar fate as un-marketed Wii games.