I think Nintendo owners are more or less aware of the general Wii indifference on certain review sites, and largely, people usually look for a second or third opinion if they look for reviews at all. However, some reviewers are a little too pro Nintendo, which sometimes makes me seek a second opinion as well.
The FUD about 3rd party games doing badly can be unsettling, just because its always mentioned, especially on a forum like this, where the same news is mentioned like 10,000 times. But at the same time we also hear about factual news of numerous HD games developers going bust or having to lay off employees, seems at a regular interval, Pandemic being the latest.
Smaller game studios are actually doing well on the Wii by comparison, 2D Boy (World Of Goo), Gaijin games (Beat.Trip series), Frontier (Lost Winds series), Over The Top (Nyx Quest) even Suda51 to some extent(?), and I'm sure plenty of small shops I've never heard of.
And lastly, I think we all know that these game reviewers aren't exactly NYT material if you get my drift. Yes, read, roll eyes, pass time, carry on ...
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