CING files for bankruptcy (Hotel Dusk, Little King's Story)

[Khuutra]

Carl2291 said:

Khuutra said:

Carl2291 said:

I obviously need new material. Might start picking on the 360, the Ninty fans are way too knowlegable.

Anyway, CING and Marvelous are 2 companies who aren't (weren't) making shovelware. Maybe developers need to put more shovelware (and less "core" games) on Wii to succeed?

Carl, you know this ain't right...

I can see that they don't ALL have to do it, but it is definately a better choice than going bankrupt.

Companies that provide a ton of rubbish on Wii seem to be doing well. 2 developers who are putting (some) new core IP's on the system are having trouble.

Now making a cheaper, easier to develop casual orientated game and then having a bit more money to advertise it... Could have made them some decent profit to go towards, for example, Little King's Story 2 + Advertising.

Why assume that shovelware automatically turns a profit? Cite some figures, first, then we can talk about this.

And don't equate "mainstream" (or casual, if you prefer) with "shovelware", that creates a false dichotomy between mainstream and "real" games.

And don't argue this with "could have" either. "Ifs" have no place in this discussion!