Official Flowerworks (WiiWare) thread, plus more...

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SaviorX said:

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I see now that Nintendo's bullshit from the past in terms of 3rd party assistance hasn't changed, especially in America with minimalist employees like Reggie Fils-Aime. This post right here pastes Nintendo in an entire new light for me.

Part of the reason the Wii doesn't even get support is because Nintendo rejects it.....Ridiculous. And then we have Reggie bitching about how he cannot understand why games like GTA don't hit the Wii? Pfft. With all those restrictions Ninty insistently puts in place I'm not surprised.

 

Its not that simple.

This isn't a 3rd-party issue - its a platform issue. Nintendo face exactly the same issues as everyone else.

Nintendo is a master of retail - production, printing, shipping, marketing (etc) - over 20+ years, they have this nailed.

But when it comes to digital distribution - they are newbies. There is a lot more competition, the barriers to entry are much lower, and its much more competitive.

In terms of raw 'features', I can't think of a single DD service that is less featured than WiiWare. AppStore, XBLA, PSN, Steam, every casual game portal - they all blow it away.

I was at a friends place yesterday, who has a 360 + Live. The second you turn it on... "Latest offers, latest retail, latest demos..." - all on the main screen. This is exactly what Wii owners need.

Nintendo *can* fix this, and I'm hoping they will.