| Carl2291 said: I've actually been saying that for a long time now. Or something along them lines. Nintendo's direction with the Wii, is why the Wii itself gets the party games and shovelware games... Not the huge "Hardcore" blockbusters that the HD consoles get. It's the audience they have advertised the Wii to since the console released, and that audience earns developers lots of money. Why would Ubisoft for example spend Millions upon Millions of $$ making an Assassin's Creed like game for Wii, when you can spend minimal resources and time making a game like this, this or this... That earns a good and easy profit? At least the 3DS is getting great support from the start. |
Yeah, I think that that's one of those unforseen things that neither Nintendo nor the rest of the industry realized when the Wii was released. I mean, I still find it funny that Wii has sold the most consoles out of the big three this generation... no one (not even Ninty) saw it coming. With its weaker architecture and motion controls... obvious 3rd place console. 3rd party dump!
I think Nintendo's biggest mistake with the Wii is that it made it an "us or them" console... and despite being the clear winner that sells a lot of software (and a lot of 3rd party software), 3rd party devs obviously feel safer about putting their big projects on the "HD Consoles" (creating a lack of legitimate exclusives this genertion, but that's another story) 8 out of 10 times. Wii will get a Monster Hunter or an Epic Mickey from time to time, but it's still a rareity (still, Wii has been an awesome console for smaller, more experimental games like Little King's Story and Muramasa, so there's gems everywhere. Platformers thrive too, which I'm always okay with. ^_^)
All in all, it's been an interesting generation lol. The only thing we can really fall back on for a PS2-like dominating console is the DS. 
