Fez creator rants about the 3DS

[theRepublic]

noname2200 said:

theRepublic said:

The only problem I remember with the Wii was the file size limitation.  But the Wii didn't have much storage, so that wasn't exactly something Nintendo could just make go away.  It was just a problem we had to live with due to the original design.  We still got some great downloadable games anyway.

There was also the sales floor for WiiWare titles: if it sold under X amount, the developer got nothing. And Nintendo didn't hand out a dev kit unless you had an actual office, and not just a laptop at home.

Ah, yes!  I remember that now.  At least the floor was pretty small.

"North America
If game is over 16MB - 6,000 units
If game is under 16MB - 4,000 units

Europe
If game is over 16MB - 3,000 units
If game is under 16MB - 2,000 units"

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/04/wiiware_sales_targets_more_details_emerge

That office requirement probably sucked for the really small developers, but it didn't seem to stop some of the dreck that looked like one guy ported a flash game to the Wii.