The Industry being stubborn

[dvarca1231]

They are a business and it is as simple as this, if the companies made a "hardcore" game for the Wii and it only sold 10,000 copies but made a profit, then they would continue to support these types of games. it is generated to the public that the game didn't sell well, which may be true, but it didn't sell well in relation to it's budget. They don't give a shit how many people bought the game as long as they make money on it.

Again, again, again, why are they going to continue to put effort into a market that isn't fully realized yet when they can put effort into the family market that works and has been a cash cow for many publishers. Does any one recall the comment made by a fired Sega employee about how they put no effort into their lastest Sonic offerings on the Wii because they know they will make the money back on the Wii to produce the HD versions? It is this mind sense that allows this to happen.

Please sit back and think, put yourself in this position, this is your money - you are losing money on the core and making money on the casual. Where are you going to go?!?! You aren't making games so they will be awesome and YOU can enjoy them, YOU are making games to make money! It is a business, no proper business plan encourages continuous losses.

When someone finally (if ever), breaks the market in the Wii other than the casual, they will see a large money flow. But right now, its not there, its not 3rd parties job to provide it, you say they should flourish the market with AAA titles on the Wii. Right now, from a business view, that is a large gamble and a ton of money to put in. The ball is in Nintendo's court, they need to flourish the market.

Honestly, I think Nintendo could be in trouble. It is easy to win over the casual, you've got a problem trying to entice the hardcore. Nintendo has snagged the casual first and hope that they hardcore will come later. Microsoft and Sony? They got the hard audience first...the hardcore. Guess what??? Drop some prices and add motion controls to these systems!? Oh yeah, that's happening. If they can produce a game like Wii Sports and produce buzz with a proper price point, where are the families and casual gamers going to upgrade to?

Nintendo sits back and says they don't need to upgrade the Wii and providing only HD isn't enough. It is enough, while motion controls provides this unparalleled immersion; you don't think that HD visuals and fantastic stories, solid frame rates, no pop ins, etc... set a level of immersion as well?