No More Crappy Games

[theRepublic]

noname2200 said:

JGarret said:
I wish the Wii was given just one chance to see if it can sell the "big" 3rd party titles as well as the PS2 did in the West...the PS2 had almost everything and could sell many many copies of those "big" 3rd party titles with ease.

I wonder if the Wii could do the same.

To be honest, I suspect it's far too late by now. I have a theory that for games in a genre to sell well, the soil first has to be fertilized by a big-name game. Basically, games like Saint's Row and that one superhero-cop sandbox game would not have sold nearly as well if people did not first flock to the system by the promise of Grand Theft Auto IV. And it's easier to sell an FPS if a Halo has paved the way for you first.

By now though, the pattern is set. If I want games in certain genres, I don't buy a Wii. Why would I? All the big games in that genre are somewhere else! The only possible way to change this is for Nintendo to: 1) release a great game in a genre the Wii is weak in (think FPS), and 2) convince third-parties to release big-budget games in the same genre shortly therafter to sustain the momentum.

In other words, fat chance.

I fear you're right on that.  It makes me a little sad to know that the industry has created this situation.

Oh well, at least I am happy with the games on the Wii.