| DMeisterJ said: Some very valid points made in this thread but we're forgetting one thing the software. If the Wii becomes the DVD of this decade, the most people that are going to have bought it will be the "mainstream", in other words, the people not buying it to play Zelda, Smash Bros., No More Heroes, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, or any remotely "hardcore" game. They will be the ones buying Wii Sports (Not in America) Wii Play, Wii Fit, and many of the Wii-branded casual games. Not that that's bad for Nintendo, but it is bad for Wii Owners when devs catch on to make casual games and the hardcore games go to the PS3 or 360 or nowhere because Nintendo takes them out of business. Then we're stuck playing Wii Sports until our eyes fall out. |
If the Wii sells as much as, or more than, the PS2 nothing you just said matters....look at the PS2, most of it's games were awful, but the great ones were still made, when you have a userbase as massive as that as long as the game you make isnt total shite it doesn't matter what genre it is if you are trying to make a profit.
And nothing...NOTHING. except when the time is right will stop Nintendo releasing more Zelda/Smash Bros with each new system and by "time is right" i don't mean what the market is like (unless it totally fails, which it won't) i mean when Nintendo feel they are not complimenting or adding anything to the previous incarnations.
Look for instance how incredibly successful Wii sports is, yet Nintendo are not even planning a sequel (i really hope they do...maybe late 2009-2010)
