HappySqurriel on 11 July 2011
Shovelware is the result of popularity (or the expectation of popularity), and the amout of shovelware can be increased dramatically if barriers to entry in the market (ie development costs) are significantly lower than the competition system(s) ...
Essentially, these publishers/developers are playing the odds and if they can produce a game for 1/2 the cost for a system that has twice the userbase the probability of success is far greater.
