Why third party core games fail(ed) on the Wii

[SaviorX]

Gamerace said:

SaviorX said:

There is no debate.

Ask anyone who isn't a forum dweller and they will tell you...

"I get the Nintendo/Mario games and stuff, but the Wii doesn't really have any good games." - Common person

The 3rd party games are terrible and terribly advertised, period. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. 98% of all Wii 3rd party titles have been made by the worst of teams with the worst of intentions.

This is not overexaggeration or hyperbole, it is absolute fact. I've been looking at the Wii getting dicked of good games for 4 years now and this is the inconvenient truth.

3rd parties don't want to support the console. On the PS3/360, they have free reign- Sony & MS first parties presence is fairly minimal so the inmates run the asylum. On the Wii, they would have to actually pull of something somewhat original and not have to rely on graphcial fidelity alone to get their poorly constructed game concepts out there. I own all the consoles and I enjoy every one of them, but all these "hardcore games" that people swear by and jerk off to are just trashy games in shiny clothing.

To end it here I will reiterate, 3rd parties have been near worthless on the Wii. If their games were good, people would buy their games like they buy the Nintendo ones. Name your favorite "AA-AAA" 3rd party Wii games and I can give you the laundry list of careless flaws behind them all.

Prince of Persia - The Forgotten Sands

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom

No More Heroes 2

NHL Slapshot

Silent Hill: Shattered memories

Boom Blocks: Bash Party

Tiger Woods 11 (only careless flaw is TW is in the game)

 

While you are mostly right, there have been numerous good games, that never got the sales they deserved.

I don't wanna have to explain in painstaking detail why each of those games "never got the sales they deserved" but if you want me to, just say the word.