How would you increase VC/WiiWare sales?

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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
I wasn't under the impression WiiWare/Virtual Console games were struggling. In fact, I was under the impression they were selling very well and making their companies way more money than they predicted.

But if you asked me, I would alter the format of how they are presented. 2 small images and a brief description of the game does not give people a good idea of what the game is. Definitely not enough to buy it. They should give people a small gameplay demo and links to the developers homepage. And in the case of virtual console games, links to games that are similar to the game you are looking at, such as if you are looking at Contra III, link it to Metal Slug and Alter Beast. This would increase sales not just for that one game, but for multiple titles.

I would also improve the search features and video functions in the Nintendo Channel.

As for Demos, it sounds good in principle, but for many games on WiiWare and Virtual Console, people would download the demo and then never buy the full game. Demos work best for full games like a Resident Evil or Final Fantasy where you can play a couple hours and then want more. Not where you will play 2 levels of a Kirby game...and that's 1/4 the game.

I didn't say VC/WiiWare was struggling, however based on a couple of surveys it appears that a good percentage of people who own Wii's don't even have them connected to the internet, but much using them to download games and content from the services. The idea of the thread is how would you encourage people who already use the services to download more and perhaps how to get those that aren't connected to the internet to do so?