EA Montreal shifting focus away from Wii games

[averyblund]

Ail said:

Not really, we're back to the fact that Wii fanboys here are not representative of the majority of Wii ownerss. ( how many of you bought Ben10 ?, how many bought Carnival Games ?).

Now pick the best selling HD third party titles and see how many HD fanboys on these forums have purchased them, the percentage is much higher...

 

The funny thing is that it all comes back to the Blue Ocean strategy you Wii guys keep mentionning. Guess what, you're not it, you were into gaming before the Wii............

I pretty much agree. Except that there are a few good multi-plat titles for Wii. Shaun White is certainly best on Wii, and some really like Wii FPS's despite the often mediocre graphics. Also just because the Blue Ocean is huge doesn't totally mean Ninty has give up. There are plenty of Nintedo games like Mario and Metroid that appeal to most gamers.

 

But yes generally the average Wii owner is less likely to check the quality of the game before they buy it, but that doesn't mean everybody is- and its more than just the diehard fanboys. Mainstream gamers with an ounce of cred at least follow the classic Nintendo brands even if those are the only titles they ever explore.

Avinash_Tyagi said:

@Averyblund, just because you like a game, doesn't mean most people do, heck I only bought one game on your list, a lot of those games don't appeal to most

Well then, what kind of games do you like? I had a lot of genres covered there, but I'm not much of a racing or RPG- so if you are so tell me what your poison is and I bet I could come up with a few.

 

Also want to mention that just because many casual games don't appeal to us doesn't make them all suck. Sure the one's with broken controls blow no matter what, but liking these games is a matter of taste and expectation. If you want a game where you can mess around with a virtual horse I'm sure My Horsiez or whatever might be a perfect fit. Not everybody wants to play Metroid, COD or Halo. With that said I avoid mini-games like the plague with only a few exceptions (Rabbids, Nintendo stuff mostly).