Petition for Grand Theft Auto V on Wii U

[F0X]

happydolphin said:

F0X said:

happydolphin said:

F0X said:

Realistically, I think everyone should take a chill pill. I doubt we'll know for sure how third-party support will shake out until the end of 2013 at the soonest. Also, I think some people have extremely unrealistic expectations about the porting process. :P

Ok, but in your original post you mentioned petitions as not being effective. Above and beyond the obvious (that petitions are very wishful), what about asking for a game rather than buying it doesn't make sense (or does it, I'm not sure from your post). Also, some people don't have that kind of voting power (to vote with 60$). Companies have an interest in taking the gamble because an IP like GTA will do well on the U regardless. I mean, if it did well on the DS...

Actually I said that petitions are less effective than purchasing similar games (third-party ports). My reasoning is simple. Petitions are merely talk, in which the signees are not guarenteed to actually buy the game they supposedly want to see on WiiU. Contrast with high(er) sales numbers for third-party ports (those Darksiders II numbers make me cry a bit inside as they stand right now), which provides evidence that the market for those types of WiiU games is existant and willing to put their money where their mouth is. Whether or not it makes sense for certain companies to make certain games for Wii U depends on what the company deems to be sensible. What would be a superior means of convincing companies to release Wii U versions of their games, between petitions or sales data?

I realize that one is more effective that the other, that's a given, but the main issue in your original post is that you put them in competition with each other, when it's and and/or situation, once again.

On vgchartz, I've noticed this happen many times. Of course a purchase says more, but how does that remove the value of the petition? You contrasted them to eclipse the need for a petition, but for someone who doesn't like that game, and is not ready to pay for it, even though you might think his voice is bull, the reasons for him to express him wanting that game on the console has a place and a purpose, which I explained in my first reply to you.

We agree that a sale is more convincing, but it doesn't discredit the value of the petition, and a refusal to buy does not discredit the petition of said user, because he/she may not have the means nor the desire to buy the game, but may have reasons to want that game on the console he supports (for the reasons I mentioned above).

Not going to dispute that there is a place for petitions, but I only mean to compare their effectiveness to remind people that if they actually want a game to come to a console, it's not necessarily enough to simply say you want it to happen. Personally, I would be more interested in some sort of pledge to buy GTAV for WiiU if it ever is released, as opposed to a "please bring it to Wii U because it would be cool" petition. Extra points if there is an option to include the signees' Nintendo Network ID, to give it a little more legitimacy. A petition is a push, and in some circumstances might just work. However, to tackle the problem of improving third-party support on Nintendo home consoles, I will always reccomend a stronger option.