Veder Juda said:
This is the most important point in the whole thread. Far too many of the "good" games on the Wii are very niche and not likely to sell, and yet their sales are given as the reason why "good" games don't sell on Wii. |
That is indeed a good point, but that goes right back the point of how 'casual' games are outselling 'hardcore' games in the first place. It should be implied that we're specifically talking about games that are both good and target the 'core' market. And if he wasn't, then he was also missing the target. Its easy to make a game that will sell a million on Wii. Most companies have done it by now, from EA to Konami to even his own multiple times. What's NOT easy is to make a game that targets the 'core' market...and sells a lot.
And what none of these people are trying is making a game that targets that core market, and then hyping it/advertising it. What they're doing is making two types of games....one casual and then one 'semi hardcore'. And they only advertise the casual game, because they know that will be the sure fire seller. The public is responding by buying the game they know is out there and they will like. The casual games like My Sims Agents, Blom BLox and Guitar Hero. And skipping over the 'semi hardcore' game that has less effort and advertising behind it.
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