Sony: 'Publishers Are Getting the Living Crap Kicked Out of Them by Microsoft'

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:

Nintendo still is that bad when it comes to WiiWare. While their standards are low for the quality of content released, supposedly they require WiiWare developers to sell a set number of copies before they (the devs) even see penny one, and then no demos, no advertising of any sort unless you're a big name, and no promotional deals (like sales) ever. You get a mention the week you release, and that's the end of it.

The above is what makes me find the people complaining about XBLA to sound extremely spoiled. ^That^ is what they could be dealing with

What was that number again? 4,000 in North America and 2,500 in Europe? With millions of Wiis out there it really can't be that hard to meet those tresholds, especially when there's barely any competition on the service. The only developers that have complained were the ones who couldn't even make a decent game if their lives depended on it and demos wouldn't help them in any way. The kind of quality they try to sell depends on the cat in the bag business model.

I'm no proponent of these whiny developers, certainly, but one way or another Nintendo's is the most hostile environment for them.